Moro leaders set foot on ‘seat of oppression’
By Ryan D. Rosauro
For years, Moro rebel leader Ghadzali Jaafar looked at Malacañang as the “seat of Moro oppression.”
For years, Moro rebel leader Ghadzali Jaafar looked at Malacañang as the “seat of Moro oppression.”
Like the song says, a kiss is just a kiss. But 22-year-old Maria Janua Polinar’s peck on the cheek of President Benigno Aquino almost sent the presidential security guards coming to the rescue.
For Malacañang, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Bureau of Internal Revenue chief Kim Henares are qualified to be the next Chief Justice, even if Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago frowns on their inclusion in the list of nominees for the position left vacant with the ouster last week of Renato Corona.
Malacañang is not shaken by Chief Justice Renato Corona’s dramatic second turn at the witness stand, and thinks the top magistrate is “the best witness for the prosecution.”
A NEW judge was appointed by Malacañang Palace for the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu.
Malacañang will ask Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo to do something about the Eastern Police District’s (EPD) continued tirade against a Daily Tribune reporter who was critically wounded after being shot seven times near his home in Pasig City early this month.
Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo said Wednesday that “personal reasons” made Undersecretary Graciano Yumul Jr. seek optional retirement from government service.
Malacañang is not keen on a four-day work week as proposed by a lawmaker purportedly to cut down on employee expenses and production costs in light of the hard times. Secretary Ricky Carandang, head of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, said the proposal had some benefits but could cause disruptions in the [...]
THE WORLD of smokers like President Aquino is getting smaller every day, but that doesn’t faze Malacañang’s chief tenant. “We don’t have any problem with that and, of course, it’s the law and we all have to follow it,” the President’s spokesperson Abigail Valte said on Saturday in reaction to a statement from the Metropolitan [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Following the seizure of P15 million worth of black corals in Cebu last week, Malacañang called on the public Thursday to boycott jewelry made from black coral. “We call on consumers the world over to make a similar commitment to saving the biodiversity of our seas, by refusing to buy black coral items,” presidential [...]
MANILA, Philippines—If they must write adverse commentary on President Benigno Aquino III, they should first verify the facts that they use as the basis for their opinions, Malacañang told newspaper columnists. “If you want to state something as fact, you have to first verify it,” presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said at a press briefing on [...]
