Aquino appoints Malolos judge Ringpis-Liban as associate justice of tax court
By Michael Lim Ubac
President Aquino has appointed Malolos Judge Maria Belen Ringpis-Liban as associate justice of the Court of Tax Appeals.
President Aquino has appointed Malolos Judge Maria Belen Ringpis-Liban as associate justice of the Court of Tax Appeals.
Even to this day, many Tarlaqueños are wondering why President Aquino did not go all-out for his candidates in his home province the way he did for his senatorial candidates in Team PNoy.
About P4,135,167 million could have saved Marcelo B. del Pilar’s life if it had come early enough—as he and his wife had been pleading—to pay for a much- needed heart-bypass operation. Nearly two months after the retired government prosecutor in Negros Occidental died, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday his heirs may now claim his retirement pay.
While majority of the Cebu City Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) support the postponement of the barangay elections in October, President Benigno Aquino III doesn’t welcome the proposal.
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.
President Aquino has a ready answer for those tirelessly reviving Charter change (Cha-cha) at every opportunity: No.
No need to mess up the poll calendar. That was President Benigno Aquino’s reaction on Tuesday to a suggestion from Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. that the barangay (village) elections set by law for October this year be postponed to either 2014 or to 2015.
For over a month now, the central air-conditioning system at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 has not been functioning.
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.
With only three United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) candidates cracking the Magic 12, will it now be the end of the road for Juan Ponce Enrile as Senate President?
The writing on the wall is clear: Vice President Jejomar Binay is the one, true king of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) and should now take leadership.
Despite glitches in the computer machine, President Aquino on Monday said he was happy at how the elections had turned out.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. (2300 GMT) Monday nationwide for more than 52 million eligible voters to choose thousands of local leaders plus national legislators in what is seen as a referendum on the presidency of reformist Benigno Aquino III.
