Does joining the government make one poorer—or richer? Malacañang released to the media on Friday the copies of the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) of Cabinet secretaries for 2012, reflecting the rise and fall of the net worth of the members of President Benigno Aquino III’s official family in a year.
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said he has accepted an “exciting” and a “very interesting” position in the Aquino administration which he declined to identify.
A national alliance of gay groups and a United Nations (UN) official on Saturday called on President Aquino and his Cabinet to voluntarily take an HIV-AIDS test to help dispel the stigma associated with routine testing for this disease.
President Benigno Aquino on Sunday presided over the changing of the guard at the energy department, taking time to personally swear in newly appointed Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla and his predecessor, Jose Rene Almendras, who also took his oath as secretary to the Cabinet.
President Benigno Aquino confirmed he has appointed Leyte Gov. Jericho “Icot” Petilla as the new energy secretary, replacing Rene Almendras.
When it rains, it pours for resigned Interior Undersecretary Rico E. Puno.
Pleading she wants to grieve in peace, the widow of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo has declined an invitation to appear in a Senate inquiry on Friday on Undersecretary Rico Puno’s alleged shenanigans.
As undersecretary for peace and order in the DILG, I am entrusted with duties and responsibilities that involve strict confidence, security and protocol. Violating the confidential nature of my duties may expose people to danger or jeopardize critical operations. Hence, I am duty-bound to act with restraint and circumspection, even when subjected to personal attacks in the mass media. This is why I have opted not to react to the speculative accusations that have been hurled against me by some media organizations.
After accepting Interior Undersecretary Rico Puno’s resignation, President Benigno Aquino is considering a “nice, quiet” job for him in government, Puno himself disclosed this Tuesday night.
President Aquino on Tuesday dropped Rico E. Puno after his controversial shooting range buddy got caught in yet another storm following the death of his immediate boss, Jesse Robredo.
“I serve at the pleasure of the President.” Philippine National Police Director General Nicanor Bartolome said this on Monday after President Benigno Aquino announced on Saturday that he was appointing him as the replacement of beleaguered Undersecretary Rico Puno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The long and short of it is that the assault rifles that the Philippine National Police wanted to buy were overpriced and the pistols it sought to acquire were not, officials said Monday.
The ball is in the court of lawmakers, and it’s up to them to act on the information about “jueteng” he furnished them, Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz said Monday.
