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.
Malacañang described the 9-3 win of Team PNoy in the Senate race, as well as the overwhelming victory of administration candidates in local polls, as a resounding endorsement of President Benigno Aquino III’s ‘straight path’ agenda.
Malacañang shrugged. “It’s nothing new,” said Palace spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on Saturday when asked to comment on threats made by the communist rebels to intensify their attacks after the government announced that it would no longer pursue peace talks.
President Benigno Aquino III, bothered by cough and cold, took a rest on Labor Day in his hometown in Tarlac on Wednesday before joining a political rally and seeking another dialogue with disgruntled trade union leaders.
After labor leaders air their concerns on a host of workers’ issues, President Aquino will outline the non-wage benefits for the country’s workforce in Tuesday’s breakfast meeting, according to Malacañang.
The difficulty of holding talks with officials of The Netherlands-based National Democratic Front (NDF) has had a lot to do with the rebels’ use of outdated jargon, Malacañang said on Monday.
Malacañang quashed speculations, on Monday, that it has been pushing back the signing of a comprehensive deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front until after the elections to see if the administration would have the majority number of lawmakers needed to approve the Bangsamoro Law.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon’s fate rests in his own hands.
Malacañang is not in the mood to engage retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz in a “Chika Minute” discussion of the rumored plan of President Benigno Aquino III’s youngest sister to run for public office in 2016.
President Benigno Aquino III has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to open a “focused, dedicated and exhaustive’’ investigation of the April 2007 abduction of Jonas Burgos shortly after his mother announced that she has obtained evidence that would implicate the military in Burgos’ disappearance.
Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, who authored the measure in the Senate, said he would fight the veto of the bill that was intended to bring into law enforcement agencies more competent people—many who are at present being kept out because of rules requiring them to be a certain height.
President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday gave the green light for the construction of a flyover at the perennially traffic-choked corner of Edsa and Taft Avenue in Metro Manila.
As new evidence surfaced purportedly implicating the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the 2007 abduction of Jonas Burgos, Malacañang said on Tuesday that courts exacted justice based on evidence and presumed suspects to be innocent until proven guilty.
