The Philippines is aiming to speed up convictions in the country’s worst political massacre to ensure justice amid fears the trial could drag on for years, the country’s top justice official said.
An international airport terminal project and a widened circumferential road are among the big ticket projects lined up by the Aquino administration for Cebu.
President Benigno Aquino III signed into law on Monday the Human Rights Victim Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013 as the country celebrates the 27th anniversary of the People’s Power Revolution.
President Benigno Aquino III arrived at the People Power Monument in Quezon City on Monday for the 27th anniversary of the People Power Revolution.
President Aquino yesterday lauded property developer Megaworld Corp for choosing Cebu as the location for its next flagship development after Manila’s Eastwood City, saying they “made the right choice”. “This is your first project outside Metro Manila, and the people from around here can assure you that you’ve made the right choice,” the President said [...]
President Benigno Aquino III signed on Friday the measure amending the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Amla). Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte made the announcement in a text message sent out to the media.
EVEN without President Benigno Aquino III, Cebu City will still have its share of top national officials as guests for this Sunday’s Sinulog Grand Parade and dance competition.
Amid the Sinulog hoopla punctuated yesterday by President Benigno Aquino III’s greeting of “Pit Señor!” comes a bit of welcome news for those weary of watching, listening to and reading political advertisements. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruled that each national candidate will only get 120 minutes of airtime for TV and another 120 minutes [...]
President Benigno Aquino III yesterday greeted Cebuanos ahead of Sunday’s Sinulog but stirred a controversy by commenting that “I wasn’t invited.” “Bagamat wala ho’ng nag-imbita sa akin (Even if nobody invited me), Viva Pit Señor!” he told a crowd of 5,000 at the Mandaue City Sports Complex where he introduced senatorial candidates of the Liberal [...]
President Benigno Aquino said the Cebu provincial government was functioning smoothly under Acting Gov. Agnes Magpale and that “there is no standoff” in the Capitol. The President made his position known yesterday morning as suspended Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia’s defiance of a Malacañang order suspending her for six months enters Day 27. Mr. Aquino was [...]
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III will be in Cebu today for the opening of the Austal Philippines Shipyard at the West Cebu Industrial Park in barangay Arpili, Balamban town.
Twenty-six years after Roman Catholic leaders helped his mother marshal millions of Filipinos in an uprising that ousted a dictator, President Benigno Aquino III picked a fight with the church over contraceptives and won a victory that bared the bishops’ worst nightmare: They no longer sway the masses.
The hopes of the “Abadilla 5,” in prison since 1996, that they would be home for Christmas have been dashed. President Benigno Aquino III did not act favorably on the recommendation of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to grant executive clemency to the five convicted killers of Lt. Col. Rolando Abadilla, an intelligence chief of the Philippine Constabulary who gained notoriety as an alleged torturer of political prisoners during martial law.
