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By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, June 5 (PNA) — With tragedies caused by climate change becoming more frequent, devastating and larger in scale, President Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday stressed the need to do more to reduce the risks due to natural disasters. Speaking before delegates at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Manila Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management held at the Diamond Hotel, the President said it is about time the government be […]
President Aquino denied dealing with alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles, expressing that Napoles will not gain anything from him.
President Aquino and the NEDA Board approved 9 projects worth P62.3 billion, mostly development projects on infrastructure, transportation, health and the country’s water supply.
(PUERTO PRINCESA CITY) — President Benigno S. Aquino III said he is against developments being done by other claimant countries in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) and that the Philippines might bring the issue to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). Vietnam, Malaysia, China and other countries are building or improving facilities in islands or atolls they claim, which President Aquino said […]
(Reuters) – Vietnam and the Philippines are determined to oppose Chinese infringement of their territorial waters, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Wednesday, calling on the world to condemn China’s actions in a rare public show of unity bound to infuriate Beijing. China is embroiled in disputes with Vietnam, the Philippines and others over boundaries in the potentially energy-rich South China Sea and has said it seeks to resolve differences in one-on-one talks with […]
MANILA, May 21 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III said he and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung discussed defense and security cooperation during their meeting in Malacanang on Wednesday. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in the Philippines for a working visit as well as to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia. In his message during the joint press conference at the Palace, President Aquino said they discussed how the Philippines […]
Today marks the start of the 23rd World Economic Forum in East Asia with President Aquino presiding over the said event which will be attended by 600 delegates from the business, finance and civil society sectors from 30 countries.
President Aquino said that the three lists are different from each other and suspects that the three lists were meant to muddle the issue rather than give clarity.
President Aquino confirmed that names of his political allies were included in the list made by Janet Lim Napoles but he also reminded that there are three lists and that the lists don’t match each other.
President Aquino appointed retired naval admiral Alexander Palma as the replacement of Eduardo Del Rosario,who resigned as the Executive Director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
President Aquino has accepted the resignation of Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office Margarita Juico, thanking her for her dedicated service to the Filipino people.
President Aquino is determined to push the early conclusion of a code of conduct in the South China or West Philippine Sea in the ASEAN Summit in Myanmar on May 10. The code of conduct aims to avoid conflict in the area where several nations have overlapping territorial claims.
