“The Presidency”

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On her first working day as Pampanga’s district representative, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed a house resolution calling for a constitutional convention (Con-con) to propose revisions to the 1987 Constitution.

Catholic bishops on Wednesday bared a 13-point agenda for President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to address in his administration, most of which involved social issues the Arroyo government allegedly failed to prioritize in its nine-and-a-half years in power.

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MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) – President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on Tuesday named the members of his Cabinet. He also announced he would establish a “truth commission” headed by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide.

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – Here is a list of the members of the Cabinet of President-elect Benigno Aquino III, announced on June 29, 2010.

The Aquino Administration shall be inheriting from the Arroyo Administration  complex  and numerous labor problems.  These include, among others, the following  –

One of the items on President Gloria Arroyo’s 10-point agenda is to balance the budget by “collecting the right revenues and spending on the right things.” Her administration has fallen short of the target. Revenues have increased but expenses have soared—partly because of the need to pump prime the economy and create a dynamic economy.

ONE of the accomplishments of the Arroyo administration is the creation of the Nautical Highway System using roll-on, roll-off (roro) vessels. It has reduced passenger and cargo transport costs as well as travel time within the Philippines. This is only part of the administration’s great accomplishments in infrastructure building in terms of roads, bridges and…

Under President Gloria Arroyo’s watch, the former US Subic Naval Base and Clark Air Base have developed to become an important part of a premier Asan integrated logistics base. After President Arroyo’s nine years in office, the vast Subic-Clark Corridor has become one of the more important investment havens in the country.

Data from the Office of the President show that from 2004 to Nov 2009, a total of 14.2 million jobs were generated. This is 237 percent of the low-end six million target and 142 percent of the high-end 10-million target stated by President Gloria Arroyo in the 10-point legacy development agenda

During the Arroyo years, electrification of 99 percent of all barangays was achieved. Access to water and electricity in barangays across the country improved remarkably over the past decade, data and statements from government agencies disclose. Jesus Tamang, Department of Energy director, said that as of March 31, 2010 the government has accomplished the electrification…

Successes 5, good WORK 2, FAILURES 3 IN 2004, President Gloria Arroyo announced her 10-point Development Agenda to be achieved before she leaves office in June 2010. These are:

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MANILA, Philippines – Various health groups led by the Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) presented yesterday a nine-point health agenda that president-elect Benigno Aquino III “should immediately address.”

A week before she steps down from office, President Gloria Arroyo gave her farewell address to the nation Wednesday evening. President Arroyo’s five-minute speech was aired live at 7 p.m. over the Presidential Broadcast Center in Malacañang and patched through state-run network NBN 4 and sequestered television stations RPN 9 and IBC 13.

MANILA, Philippines – More names have come up as possible heads of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and Department of Health (DOH) under the administration of President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

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A GROUP of former senior state officials, some described as “prospective Cabinet secretaries” in the next administration, yesterday proposed a “good governance agenda” to implement President-elect Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” C. Aquino’s campaign vow to fight corruption.

A prominent money manager advised me over dinner last week that I should start buying good equity issues now because the inaugural of P-Noy will surely improve market sentiment for at least six months… assuming no catastrophe in European and US markets happens in the meantime. That sounds like good advice because even now, people…

In the various reports of the proclamation of President and Vice President on June 9, mention was made of the fact that Aquino supporters declined to participate when Binay supporters chanted “Noy-Bi.” True enough. It was also reported that the joint session of Congress voiced no objection to the proclamations. That was perfectly true in…

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MANILA, Philippines – The real estate industry has unveiled a four-point wish list for the new administration, including a more proactive move to support the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) because this can bring in an additional $1 billion worth of investments in the industry.

MANILA, Philippines – President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III urged fellow Filipinos over the weekend to do their part in helping regain the nation’s greatness. Aquino said the fight for the country’s true freedom still had a long way to go.

In our presidential system of government, the authority to appoint is one of the President’s foremost powers. It is exercised either exclusively or with the consent of the Congressional Commission on Appointments (CA) or upon recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).

(Conclusion) In our last column, space limitations had curtailed the printing of the latter part of a to-do list of the issues that incoming President Noynoy would have to face once he starts his six-year term on July 1. We are continuing the list and adding a few more in today’s column.

The first business of the new administration, according to President-elect Benigno Simeon Aquino 3rd, is to identify all the problems besetting the country to arrive at the correct solutions. “I want to emphasize that wrong identification of the problems leads to wrong solutions, so there has to be correct identification,” the next president told the…

There are lessons P-Noy can and should learn from Barack Obama. They were both elected during an extraordinary time as the anti-thesis of very unpopular incumbents. People were voting not so much for them but for what they symbolized… full of hope that the change being promised would simply materialize if they elected them to…

The people were thoroughly disillusioned with President Gloria Arroyo. It’s why they poured out into the streets when Cory Aquino died. It’s why they voted for Noynoy Aquino despite his lackluster record. They wanted an honest leader, an honest government above all else. They wanted change in the political system.