“The Presidency”

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino’s “inordinate focus” on convicting Chief Justice Renato Corona and his vindictiveness are already taking their toll on the economy and urgent legislative work, lawmakers said yesterday.

The administration of President Aquino was chided yesterday by a lawmaker for the dismal performance of the country’s economy in 2011. Posting a mere 3.7 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) compared to 7.6 percent the year before, the economy, according to Zambales Rep. Ma. Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay, was mishandled because of the administration’s…

Despite the recent frequent hype about the supposed improvement in the image of the country during the administration of President Aquino resulting in increased investments in the country and thus the creation of more jobs, Aquino fell short of creating labor opportuni-ties for Filipinos, the International Labor Organi-zation (ILO) said, warning that job generation must…

The much-touted Public-Private Partnership program did not take off last year. I put it down to “bureaucratic naiveté”. A new Cabinet whose expertise, in the main, was in successfully running private businesses. They had not come up against the lega l hoopla and bureaucratic inertia that pervades the Philippine government. Nor be involved in ensuring…

The Senate started the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Corona yesterday with 11 House Representatives acting as prosecutors presenting 8 articles of impeachment. The House prosecution panel was composed of Niel Tupas Jr. of Iloilo, Joseph Emilio Abaya of Cavite, Raul Daza of Northern Samar, Georgidi Aggabao of Isabela, Marilyn Primicias Agabas of Pangasinan, Elpidio…

GLORIA CALLS NOY ‘LAZY, VISIONLESS, OBSESSED WITH POLITICAL WARFARE’ Former President Gloria Arroyo didn’t say “It’s the economy, Stupid in her article read by a US-trained economist, but it had the same ring as the slogan used by then US presidential candidate, Bill Clinton, who ended up winning the presidency twice.

In order to avoid questions and remove doubts on the Senate decision in the Corona impeachment case whether for or against him the parties involved must stick to the issues and adhere to the rules. So far, even as the trial has not started yet, there are already some supervening moves and disturbing developments which…

Before taking a stand on the Corona impeachment case which is now obviously the subject of trial by publicity, it would be good for citizens of this country to at least have some basic knowledge and understanding of certain concepts and principles involved in the controversy.

The Corona impeachment case seems to be shaping up as a publicity contest between the Lower House of Representatives represented by 188 Congressmen/women who signed the Complaint and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who is the accused in said complaint. The course of the action has turned into how to win the hearts…

On orders of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, 188 members of the House of Representatives, which has the exclusive power to initiate impeachment cases, have impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona without reading the Articles of Impeachment, and without a committee hearing or a floor debate.

A staunch anti-communist party-list lawmaker is in hot water for making unfounded statements that has put the House of Representatives in a bad light.

The 40,000-strong Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) is calling on every member of the justice system to rally behind and defend the Supreme Court as an institution of democracy and rule of law even as it expressed grave alarm over railroaded proceedings of the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona.

Evidently unprepared and rattled by high court Chief Justice Renato Corona’s direct blasts at President Aquino yesterday and the popular support he has from the judges and justices nationwide, the Chief Executive, through his spokesman, Edwin Lacierda, said Corona had no right to call Aquino a looming dictator as he called for the chief justice…

CORONA BLASTS AQUINO; JUDGES CHEER The gloves are really off, with Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona giving President Aquino as good as the head of the Judiciary gets from the Chief Executive, with the CJ calling him a “looming dictator” who wants a puppet high court and CJ that dance to his strings.

The vicious clash between the Executive and the Judiciary along with efforts to oust Chief Justice Renato Corona by President Aquino and his allies have the potential of rocking the markets which are already feeling the pinch of the European debt crisis, business executives said yesterday.

The Aquino administration submitted to Congress a budget for 2011 that is based on a GDP growth prospect of 5%, and an aspirational target growth of 7 to 8%. A year later, for 2012, it submitted a budget that is based on a slightly faster growth prospect of 5.5 to 6.5%, and with the same…

SPOKESMAN: ‘WHAT IS LEGAL IS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY RIGHT’ President Aquino is completely justified in disobeying the law, because he knows what are the right laws and the wrong laws, even if already decided by the highest court in the land, despite the fact that it is the Supreme Court (SC) that is mandated by…

In the middle of year 2010, the year President Benigno C. Aquino III assumed the presidency, a senior DepEd director remarked, “We have the budget to continue our urgent literacy activities but we have been immobilized since we are not allowed to spend it. Everything is paralyzed.”

President Benigno S. Aquino III appears to have been angered by the following decisions: 1. The appointment of SC Justice Corona as Chief Justice and the acceptance by the Supreme Court despite his objection and personal appeal;

President Aquino pressed on with his verbal attacks against the Supreme Court (SC), this time blaming the judiciary for country’s worsening economy.

President Aquino is considered ineffective in improving the economic conditions of Filipinos despite his still high performance and trust ratings that nonetheless are on the decline, based on the latest survey of Pulse Asia.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino’s net satisfaction rating has returned to “very good” territory following a decrease earlier this year, the latest Social Weather Stations survey revealed Monday.

WASHINGTON – World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Wednesday praised President Aquino for taking on the challenge of creating more transparent and accountable government to benefit the poor.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino’s satisfaction and trust ratings went up by six and four percentage points, respectively, in the past three months, according to the latest poll by Pulse Asia.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd on Tuesday laid out 13 additional priority measures before members of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) that will be part of the administration’s agenda this year. President Aquino defended his move to keep the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill out of his priority list.

The 2nd LEDAC meeting called by President Aquino in Malacañang Monday with leaders of Congress produced the following results: 1. Of the 13 bills given priority, the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill was still not included;

AQUINO GRADED ZERO IN CONTRA-SONA Following the tradition of the opposition in Congress delivering a contra-Sona (State of the Nation Address) the minority bloc in the House of Representatives yesterday gave President Aquino a grade of zero in terms of accomplishments in his one year in office as head of state and government.

MANILA, Philippines—It will take more than a strong anti-corruption thrust – as highlighted in the President Aquino’s State-of-the-Nation-Address – to bring the Philippines to the level of growth that benefits more people, according to New York-based think tank Global Source.

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One of the strongest thrusts of the administration has been its anticorruption campaign. But the campaign has been seen in some quarters as slowing down the economy.