“The Presidency”

President Benigno Aquino III wants to win the Philippines a credit rating update and bring in more foreign investment, and he claims to have made progress in his campaign against corruption.

The public satisfaction rating on the Aquino administration continued its downtrend based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed a net 44 rating, the lowest ever in the survey since President Aquino started his term in July 2010.

Appointed only two months ago by President Aquino as the chief of the National Economic and Development Authority, former UP School of Economics dean Arsenio Balisacan seems to have fast caught the yellow I-hate-Arroyo bug that afflicts this administration.

Zambales Rep. Ma. Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay yesterday chided President Aquino for trumpeting economic progress when the truth of the matter is that investors are pulling out their investments in the country because the government cannot protect their businesses.

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The President’s formula might be working, but his allies in the Senate say the results are not enough. Sen. Ralph Recto said the credit rating upgrade givenby the international rating agency Standard & Poor (S&P)’s to the country poses a challenge for the Aquino administration to create needed jobs and increase the size of the…

Lacking much to boast about for President Aquino’s two years in office, his propagandists have turned to Morgan Stanley managing director Ruchir Sharma’s raving over him in his book “Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of Economic Miracles.”

The following are the achievements of the President after 2 years: 1. He has maintained a clean record without a taint of corruption.

CHURCH, HR GROUPS POUND ON NOY’S FAILURE TO PROTECT RIGHTS The second year of the Aquino administration was highlighted yesterday by a contrast between achievement or the lack of it and spins on more promises of what President Aquino intends to achieve in his four remaining years in office with both human rights groups and…

MANILA, Philippines – Six of the 23 senators have received pork barrel funds since the Senate impeachment court overwhelmingly voted on May 29 to convict and remove from office former chief justice Renato Corona. Two of the six voted to acquit Corona. They are Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

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Manila, Philippines – President Aquino assured the public yesterday that his government was committed to ensure inclusive growth benefiting all sectors as the country’s gross domestic product grew 6.4 percent in the first quarter of the year.

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Granting a P125 across-the-board minimum wage increase for 40 million workers is going to cost P1.43 trillion for a P9-trillion economy, President Benigno Aquino III said Tuesday. With this argument, Mr. Aquino ruled out the grant of such an increase in his Labor Day speech, promising instead a P11.2-billion educational assistance and a P1.1-billion skills…

MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE)  – Net satisfaction with President Benigno Aquino III’s administration dipped 10 percentage points in the latest Social Weather Stations survey (SWS) but its score remained well above previous governments.

The Filipino people’s public approval of the Aquino III administration has been seriously eroded. And they have a clear message to their elected Chief Executive: shape up, and focus on easing poverty, creating more jobs, managing well the swelling population, and moderating prices.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III came to power as a leader who could bring about reforms and make a clean break from the past administration, but people had become impatient after his two years in office, a political analyst said on Tuesday.

The satisfaction rating on President Aquino dipped to a low of a net 49 points during the impeachment trial period with the Social Weather Station (SWS) survey held between March 10 to 13 showing 68 percent respondents satisfied with his performance against 19 percent dissatisfied.

SATISFACTION with the performance of President Benigno S. C. Aquino III has dropped to “good” and a majority of Filipinos see him as serving the interests of the middle class, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report.

Very much at the heart of the current impeachment proceedings is a search for a definition of “betrayal of public trust.” But as Justice Conchita Carpio Morales said, in the impeachment case against Chief Justice Hilario Davide, defining impeachable offenses is beyond the scope of judicial power. Hence, whether or not the offenses allegedly committed…

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DARES NOYNOY TO DISCLOSE SALN, BANK ACCOUNTS, PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS Tit for tat. Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona came out swinging yesterday at President Aquino, a day after the chief executive called him a liar, demanding that now and not in “due time” should be the time for Corona to explain to the public how…

President Aquino appears to be laying the groundwork for a massive mobilization to pressure Chief Justice Renato Corona to step down as head of the Supreme Court and in the process disregard the Senate court proceedings based on his speech commemorating the 26th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution.

FORMER senator Ernesto Maceda said Wednesday recent events have exposed the immaturity of the 52-year-old President Benigno Aquino III, and it does not bode well for the country and the people.

MANILA, Philippines – Seven out of 10 Filipinos remain satisfied with the performance of the Aquino administration, a latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

THE Supreme Court may step in to stop any abuse of discretion during the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, noted constitutional expert Joaquin Bernas said Thursday.

THE Supreme Court has given the Court of Appeals the power to litigate cases of “midnight appointees” of then-President Gloria Arroyo who were later sacked by President Benigno Aquino 3rd.

A 50-year-old group of jurists, lawyers, academicians and prominent businessmen marking the annual celebration of Constitution Day today has expressed concern over what they call an assault on the Constitution by politicians to promote “personal and vested interests.”