President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay continue to enjoy the approval of majority of Filipinos in the second half of January this year, but ratings were lower in comparison to the November poll last year, the latest survey from Pulse Asia said on Tuesday.
President Benigno Aquino III granted two more executive clemency to elderly inmates. Aquino commuted the sentences of Arsenio Flores, 72, and Francisco Alimpos, 73.
President Benigno Aquino III has given executive clemency to eight inmates.
Just before nightfall Friday, President Benigno Aquino signed Republic Act No. 10350, otherwise known as the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act, which criminalizes abduction by the state or by its agents.
President Aquino certified as urgent the reproductive health (RH) bill, after it passed on second reading at the House of Representatives despite a spirited opposition mounted by the influential Catholic Church.
THE PHILIPPINE Medical Association (PMA) on Saturday urged President Aquino to lead the campaign to clean up the polluted air in Metro Manila. Dr. Leo Olarte, PMA vice president, said the group would mark National Anti-Corruption Day Sunday by launching a drive to gather a million signatures to ask Mr. Aquino to intervene in the worsening air pollution in the metropolis.
President Aquino and his Cabinet members should voluntarily take an HIV test to help dispel the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS testing, a national alliance of gay groups and a United Nations official said Saturday.
Apparently concerned with President Benigno Aquino III’s recent bouts of illness, a lawmaker on Thursday urged that the head of state undergo an executive medical check-up.
President Aquino on Tuesday honored the indigenous people (IP) for their role in the country’s fight against colonizers, but admitted his administration had been slow in issuing ancestral domain titles.
President Aquino said here Friday that the government has a strong case of plunder against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The national government will forcibly remove all illegal structures within major waterways in the National Capital Region (NCR) and surrounding provinces to clear water channels of all “obstructions,” be they houses or fish pens.
In what could be a preview of his state of the nation address on July 23, President Aquino on Friday highlighted before a group of foreign visitors the key achievements of his two-year-old administration—”inclusive growth” and increased social spending to make sure that “no one is left behind.”
President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday night honored Dolphy by declaring Friday as a “National Day of Remembrance” for the comedy king.
