Six months. Promise. In a news briefing at Malacañang on Wednesday, Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Francis Tolentino announced a self-imposed deadline—until December—to fix the worsening flooding and gridlock that on Monday night paralyzed the capital.
To Malacañang, “peace is within reach” despite the stalemate in the negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) over the last three unresolved points in the annexes to the Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro.
It’s that time of year again of massive flooding and traffic jams, and in the midst of it all President Aquino called an emergency meeting on Tuesday to assess yet again Metro Manila’s preparedness to deal with the monumental mess during a heavy rain.
The Department of National Defense (DND) plans to acquire anti-aircraft guided missiles, which will be positioned in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) as part of the country’s first-ever missile defense system.
Ending four decades of secessionist war by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front remains a top priority of the Aquino administration but the President has to exercise “due care and utmost diligence” in bridging the differences that remain between the two sides in the negotiations, two administration officials said Saturday.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales on Friday pledged to support two major anticorruption programs of the Aquino administration that are “geared toward building a corruption-intolerant society.”
The perennial flooding in Metro Manila is back on the agenda of President Benigno Aquino III following Thursday’s downpour that triggered flash floods and snarled traffic for hours across the capital.
Prominent members of the ruling coalition on Thursday took their oath of office in Malacañang before President Aquino, the titular head of the Liberal Party-led election alliance that dominated the 2013 polls.
The investigation into the liability of the developer of Two Serendra for the May 31 blast that killed three persons may take longer than expected as President Aquino wants the findings to be “conclusive” and “without question,” Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said Thursday.
Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima formally earned his four-star rank as President Benigno Aquino III administered the mass oath-taking of 48 newly promoted generals in Malacañang on Thursday.
President Aquino on Wednesday urged Filipinos to continue helping his administration strive “for more meaningful and lasting reforms” to bolster efforts to lift the nation to “greater heights.”
Malacañang has begun drafting President Benigno Aquino III’s fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) which he will deliver during the joint opening session of the 16th Congress on July 22.
The Philippines will host two international summits—the World Economic Forum on East Asia in 2014 and the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (Apec) in 2015–as the government seeks to showcase the country’s march to progress, according to Palace officials.
