Tag: President Benigno Aquino III

UPDATED: President Benigno Aquino III visits Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office

QUEZON City, Philippines (May 2) – President Benigno Aquino III visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Executive Minister, Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo at the INC Central Office to give his heartfelt thanks for the support of the Church throughout his administration. President Aquino visited the INC Central Office around 9 in the morning on Monday, May 2. The President made his courtesy call one week before the May 9 elections and after the respective courtesy calls […]

President Aquino inaugurates 59-megawatt Solar Power Plant in Negros Occidental

SAN CARLOS CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, April 20 – President Benigno S. Aquino III on Tuesday led the switch-on ceremony of the 59-megawatt (MW) San Carlos Sun, Inc. (SaCaSun) Solar Power Plant in Barangay Punao here. The P3.7-billion solar power plant, which sits on a 75-hectare property inside the San Carlos Ecozone, is a joint project of AboitizPower and Sun Edison Philippines. It began delivering energy to the Visayas grid last March 9, days before the […]

President Aquino: The voice of the people will prevail

CALBAYOG CITY, SAMAR, April 20 – President Benigno S. Aquino III on vowed that the voice of the Filipinos will prevail in next month’s elections. “Wala akong balak na papayagan kong mandaya dito. Obligasyon kong manigurado na ‘yung gusto ng taong bayan, ‘yun ang umiral pagdating ng ika-siyam ng Mayo,” President Aquino said before local leaders and members of the community who gathered at the sports center here. In his speech, the President touted the […]

President Aquino meets with U.S. Defense Chief during courtesy call in Palace

MANILA, April 15 – President Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday met with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter during a courtesy call in Malacañang Palace. Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Foreign Affairs Secretary Jose Rene Almendras joined President Aquino during his meeting with Carter. The American defense chief, who arrived in the country on Wednesday, was accompanied by US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg; Ambassador David Shear, US assistant secretary of defense; Eric Rosenbach, […]

Palace denies President Aquino’s connection with the Lumad school issue

According to Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, President Benigno S. Aquino III did not authorized the closing of the Lumad tribal schools, denying the accusations made by Alliance for Concerned Teachers representative Antonio Tinion that the President has a direct hand in the closure of said schools. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/7Rr5O5NzUXs