MANILA, Aug 5 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has directed Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas to immediately spearhead the transfer of informal settler families living in danger and high-risk areas to decent housing sites, a Palace official said on Monday. The Chief Executive issued the directive by virtue of Memorandum Order […]
MANILA, Aug 5 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III administered the oaths of office to 49 newly appointed government agency officials in ceremonies held in Malacanang on Monday. Leading the list of new government agency officials were: Alexander Pama – Undersecretary, Office of the Executive Secretary, Office of the President; Jose Justiniano – Undersecretary, […]
MANILA (Mabuhay) – President Benigno Aquino III will head government and military officials during welcoming ceremonies for the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16) upon its arrival at Subic Bay on Aug. 6. “We will be having a meeting with the Presidential Management Staff regarding this (welcoming ceremonies) as President Aquino will be our guest of honor,” […]
MANILA, July 22 (Mabuhay) — President Aquino announced in his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) that he is pushing for a slight increase in the Social Security System (SSS) contribution rate. Aquino noted that the SSS had 21 across-the-board pension increases from 1980 to 2012, but the contribution rate has only been raised […]
MANILA (Mabuhay) — President Benigno Aquino III on Friday met with new World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Axel van Trotsenburg during a courtesy call at Malacanang’s Music Room. This is the first visit of Trotsenburg to the Philippines since he assumed his post on February 1, 2013. Joining Trotsenburg were […]
MANILA (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III will not resort to propaganda as a form of communication and continues to uphold the people’s right of access to information, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” B. Coloma Jr. said on Friday. “The President does not equate good news for propaganda,” Coloma told representatives […]
MANILA (Mabuhay) — President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday revealed plans to appoint former Iloilo Representative Janet Garin as undersecretary of the Department of Health (DOH). “She will bring a lot of political savvy to DOH, [and] will enhance cooperation between DOH and especially the local government units, as well as the national offices,” President […]
MANILA (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III cited the Development Academy of the Philippines for its innovative, technical and relative programs to support the bureaucracy, saying the agency was a partner of government in effecting permanent change in the way it conducts its business of governance. In his speech keynoting the 40th Founding Anniversary […]
MANILA, June 28 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has appointed new judges to the lower courts, a Palace official announced. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte announced the appointments during the regular press briefing in Malacanang on Friday. In a transmittal letter dated June 19 to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. Sereno, Executive Secretary […]
ECONOMISTS are touting the Philippines as being a “sweet spot” for investments — an impressive 6.8% GDP growth in 2012, a solid 7.8% growth in the first quarter of 2013, manageable deficit and inflation, recent credit rating upgrades to investment status, strong domestic consumption, increased government spending on infrastructure, and investor confidence in President Aquino’s good governance policies.