Aquino should think twice on Lacson
By Ramon TulfoWhy doesn’t President Benigno Aquino III follow the advice of former President Fidel V. Ramos for him to meet face-to- face with Sultan Jamalul Kiram III to resolve the Sabah crisis?
Why doesn’t President Benigno Aquino III follow the advice of former President Fidel V. Ramos for him to meet face-to- face with Sultan Jamalul Kiram III to resolve the Sabah crisis?
President Benigno Aquino III has approved the latest round of movements in several key posts in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) following the designation of Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista as the new chief of staff two weeks ago, the military said on Sunday.
President Aquino will name a new chief presidential legal counsel in January 2013, and lawyer Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, who was Aquino’s classmate in Ateneo, is being considered for the post.
President Benigno Aquino III’s chief presidential legal counsel has resigned and has moved to the government-owned and controlled corporation Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA).
The Commission on Appointments deferred its hearing on the appointment of Heidi Mendoza as audit commissioner after some lawmakers asked to be given time to study the objections raised against her by two private individuals.
While it may have lost its chief negotiator, Mario Victor “Marvic” Leonen, when he was appointed associate justice to the Supreme Court, the government peace panel is on track to forge a comprehensive agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front by the end of 2012, according to Presidential Peace Adviser Teresita “Ging” Deles.
Finally, the male-dominated Commission on Elections (Comelec) will have a “referee” when it finds itself in a debate and at a deadlock on issues facing the poll body.
President Benigno Aquino III said on Sunday that reaching out to all local government officials, whether members or rivals of the ruling Liberal Party ally, would be the biggest challenge of incoming Interior Secretary Mar Roxas.
Congress was abuzz, on Thursday, with talk that Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas was poised to take over the Department of Interior and Local Government, while Cavite Representative Joseph E.A. Abaya would move over to the Department of Transportation and Communication.
The power play between two factions in President Aquino’s Cabinet—dubbed the “Balay” and “Samar” groups, which were believed to have differed on the vice presidential candidate to support in 2010—has surfaced again.
The Office of the Ombudsman has a new Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon who will begin his seven year term on June 1.
President Benigno Aquino has appointed the Philippine Coast Guard’s chief for operations, Rear Admiral Edmund Tan, as the group’s new commandant.
No, “Robin” is not yet ready to take the place of “Batman.”
