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MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno S. Aquino will attend the Association of ASEAN-U.S. Summit next week. He will be joined by Foreign Affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario. The summit aims to build deeper partnerships that the U.S. has forged with ASEAN since 2009 and further advance Washington’s rebalance to Asia and the pacific. The event will provide leaders a forum to strengthen cooperation on political security and economic issues under the new U.S.-ASEAN strategic partnership, […]
LEADERS of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN and United States president Barack Obama will jointly endorse guidelines to enhance cooperation in the first stand-alone U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Sunnylands, California next week. The result of the summit will be issued in cooperation guidelines, called the Sunnylands principles, to be endorsed by President Obama and ten ASEAN leaders. In November last year, Obama invited ASEAN leaders to the special talk after ASEAN elevated relations […]
The President signed Tuesday the P3.002 trillion 2016 General Appropriations Act (GAA), setting a record for the administration in creating a budget that is vastly different from the budgets that were created before President Aquino’s term. “With this budget, we have doubled the national budget since 2010 and we are providing the largest sectoral allocation to social services. This budget also caps the administration’s record of enacting the budget in time for a perfect six […]
President Benigno S. Aquino has underscored the need for a strong partnership between the government and the private sector to eliminate corruption in the country. “Whenever I speak of corruption, I always emphasize the idea that it takes two to tango: Yes, there are always those in a position of power abusing their positions, but there are also those willing to partake in their schemes—or even just stand idly by, while others steal from the […]
President Benigno S. Aquino III and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye expressed their willingness to boost their cooperation, during a bilateral meeting held on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit on Wednesday. According to Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., the Philippines is keen to increase bilateral trade, encouraging South Korean companies to invest in shipbuilding, automotive manufacturing, food production, food processing and agribusiness, electronics, energy and renewable energy, finance and banking, infrastructure […]
President Benigno S. Aquino said that US patrols in the West Philippine Sea is not a problem and that he welcomes a balance of power in the region. Aquino welcomed the U.S. presence, and said that under a security agreement, Manila is bound to provide logistical support to its ally if asked. (Eagle News Service)
MANILA, Philippines, August 10 (Eagle News) — According to Senator Sonny Angara, the two houses of the Congress is ready to submit to President Benigno S. Aquino III the law which will provide financial assistance to those who want to pursue college education. With the passage of said law, only the signature of President Aquino is needed to give it full effect. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/S-WgdKzjC4w
AUGUST 4 — “Ngayon, buong katapatan, buong-loob, at buong-paninindigan kong tinatanggap ang tawag ng Daang Matuwid.” This was the message of Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Mar Roxas as he accepted the endorsement and support of President Aquino on Friday at the jam-packed Corazon Aquino Kalayaan Hall of the historic Club Filipino in San Juan City on July 31, 2015. “Simula pa lang ito. Laban pa rin tayo,’” Roxas said, echoing the statement […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Despite the strong rain, massive groups of protesters gathered at Commonwealth Avenue to express their displeasure against President Benigno S. Aquino’s administration. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 23 (Eagle News) — According to Senator Sonny Angara, the resignation of Vice-President Jejomar Binay from President Benigno S. Aquino’s Cabinet is expected since the election is already near. On the other hand, Senator Antonio Trillanes said that this is a welcome development because now the Aquino government can now fully criticize the Vice President. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, April 20 (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) asked President Benigno S. Aquino to declare May 8 as special non-working holiday so that registered voters in Puerto Princesa, Palawan can participate in the recall elections. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
According to Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, the Palace is not worried about the plans of the group Volunteer Against Crime and Corruption to file a murder case against President Benigno S. Aquino regarding the Mamasapano encounter, saying that the report of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) already named those who are responsible for the said incident.
