‘Hot meat’ law gets tougher
By TJ Burgonio
President Aquino has signed a law criminalizing the sale of “hot meat,” a potential source of disease for unsuspecting consumers.
President Aquino has signed a law criminalizing the sale of “hot meat,” a potential source of disease for unsuspecting consumers.
Exuberant over Team PNoy’s rout of the opposition in the last elections, President Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday night he was looking ahead to 2016, but conceded that electoral victory for whomever his administration would support then would hinge on the continuity of his reforms in the next three years.
With the elections over, Malacañang is nudging senators and congressmen to make the most of the remaining two session days of the 15th Congress by passing priority measures.
President Aquino on Tuesday bristled at the claim that his administration was “harassing” Rodolfo Lozada Jr., but said that the whistle-blower had to face the graft charges filed against him by the Philippine Forest Corp. (PhilForest) like anybody else.
A Malacañang official on Sunday backed the Commission on Elections’ proclamation of winning senatorial candidates ahead of the full count of votes, but said anybody could hale the elections body to court.
President Benigno Aquino on Wednesday morning signed into law the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, mandating kindergarten and adding two years to secondary education to place the country’s curriculum on par with international standards.
After surviving an ambush in Cagayan, Secretary Manuel Mamba on Tuesday motored back to Manila, stumped why Cagayan Gov. Alvaro Antonio wasn’t arrested after allegedly opening fire at their convoy with an AK-47.
MANILA, Philippines — “My name’s not on the list, not in the computer,’’ Undersecretary Abigail Valte tweeted Monday morning while lining up to cast her ballot in a public school in Makati City. After exhorting Filipinos to exercise their right to suffrage on the eve of the vote, the deputy presidential spokesperson failed to [...]
“I guarantee you I have no interest in postponing the elections,” President Aquino declared on Thursday, dismissing talk that Wednesday’s power failure in Metro Manila and many parts of Luzon was a prelude to the scrapping of the elections next Monday.
President Aquino shot down the antivote-buying scheme that bans the withdrawal of more than P100,000 in the run-up to Election Day, calling it a “shotgun approach” that kills good business.
What’s wrong with giving a cab driver a fat tip during an election campaign?
Malacañang rejected speculation about a massive power failure on May 13, Election Day, as Metro Manila and much of northern and central Luzon reeled from an outage on Wednesday.
To ensure convictions by the time he steps down from office in 2016, President Aquino has ordered state prosecutors handling the case to oppose the dilatory tactics being employed by the alleged masterminds of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, Malacañang said on Monday.
