“The Presidency”

Some readers have asked why we chose eight officials as hardworking public servants. Here’s why: Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is definitely the most hardworking member of the Cabinet. She’s all over the place from visiting the site of the Ampatuan Massacre, the nurse rape victim in Maguindanao to the ocular inspection of the Luneta…

The President’s team will be preparing for the State-of-the-Nation Address right about now. So let me give a little unsolicited advice: Be truthful. The President will be much better appreciated if he is truthful. Sugar-coating was the last administration’s forte (unemployment is bad, change the definition; not enough classroom, go two shifts and pretend there…

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino needs to deliver on his campaign promises, focusing on fighting graft and corruption, creating job opportunities and reducing poverty in the Philippines, if he wants to maintain his still high popularity rating, according to the latest issue of Spark, an online newsletter prepared by advisory and research consultancy group Stratbase…

Here’s the body count so far from this administration’s version of justice for all: Luneta hostage incident —Entire chain of command absolved; need to protect indispensable Cabinet members and LP bigwigs. Morong 43 —Self-confessed NPA cadres released; need to suck up to the Left. Multiple coup plotters—Danilo Lim and Antonio Trillanes amnestied on the eve…

President Benigno Aquino III has signed Executive Order 43 which formally establishes the five Cabinet clusters that will address key priority areas of his administration.

President Aquino appears to have increased his wealth by more than P39 million in just one year.

Last week brought the highly welcome news of the untimely (i.e. long-overdue) demise of Osama bin Laden. Guided by intelligence obtained from al-Qaeda captives in Guantanamo through the rough interrogation methods sanctioned under George Bush, and using US Navy SEAL warriors run by a special operations command integrated under George Bush, the long arm of…

President Benigno S. Aquino III attended the first day of the 18th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit today, which kicked off with the ASEAN Leaders’ Plenary Session focusing on the implementation of the Roadmap for the ASEAN Community.

MANILA, Philippines – President “Benigno” Aquino III asked businessmen to consider creating a profit sharing or productivity incentives plan, a measure he has been advocating since he was part of Congress.

The 18-point plunge in the government’s overall performance rating might have stung President Aquino once again as he yesterday slammed, in a speech before company executives, two critical columnists who had attributed the recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results to the Chief Executive’s laidback working style.

Here’s a sampling of the commentary offered up by the oddball coalition of leftist agitators, Liberal Party trapos and administration gunslingers who are charged these days with bulldozing over anything and anyone standing in the way of their daang matuwid, following the resignation of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez:

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MANILA, Philippines – As of January this year, there are some 2.9 million Filipinos who are unemployed, with 500,000 more fresh graduates seeking jobs this month. With labor issues on the rise, the Department of Labor and Employment definitely has been in need of the right person to lead the institution in implementing reforms. It…

Less than a year after the last elections, partisan politics uniquely practiced in the Philippines, is rearing its ugly head again. This is the kind of politics that seeks to advance or protect personal or group interests at the expense of the truth or the common good by the “systematic organization of hatreds” as Henry…

Despite the many-headed communications group at the Palace, President Aquino believed that there is failure in delivering his supposed achievements to public notice, resulting in the drastic fall in Aquino’s recent performance surveys, the reason for Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma to order yesterday “all government agencies to work together” to do…

PURCHASE by President Benigno Aquino 3rd of a Porsche was one issue that caused his net satisfaction rating to plunge, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed on Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino’s satisfaction rating dropped by 13 percent in the past three months, according to the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

Former fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson, aware of the perception that President Aquino and his officials made it possible for him to come home without having to be arrested, yesterday claimed that political persecution over his alleged involvement in a double-murder case more than a decade ago, persisted under the Aquino administration.

President Aquino cannot blame anybody but himself and his insensitivity to the sentiment of the poverty-stricken majority of the population, and his administration’s mediocre perform-ance for the spiral in his public satisfaction rating based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, Aquino’s critics said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The bills that will promote reproductive health and the protection of whistle-blowers are among 17 measures the Aquino administration wants prioritized, an official said yesterday.

THE hands-off leadership style of President Beningo “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd was appropriate for the economic situation today, and his bachelor lifestyle was irrelevant to rapid growth, one of the country’s leading economists said.

MANILA, Philippines – Rampant crime, terrorism and insurgency contributed to the big drop of the Philippines’ Global Peace Index (GPI) ranking in 2010.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino and his Cabinet were not able to come up with a list of priority bills for Congress. The Cabinet meeting in Malacañang was still going on as of press time late yesterday.

Last of Two Parts MANILA, Philippines – The harsh realities of our tangled Philippine situation are starting to become more starkly pronounced, and with greater urgency for their resolution is emerging in the corridors of public opinion. Elected leaders — numero uno of whom is, inescapably, the President of the Republic — are expected by…

MANILA, Philippines –  President Aquino assured Filipinos of a “better life” this year under his administration, notwithstanding the challenges and uncertainties faced by the nation.

MANILA, Philippines –  President Aquino is set to convene his entire Cabinet on Monday to discuss which of the 188 pieces of legislation submitted by officials and foreign business groups would comprise his administration’s priority programs.

MANILA, Philippines – Six months into power, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III continues to face many old problems: a large budget deficit, endemic corruption, widespread poverty, poor infrastructure and long-running insurgencies.

BELIEVE it or not, 2010 may be considered as a year of changes. Well, at least, in the National Government.

AS this year draws to a close and the next beckons in firecrackers and booze, let us look back on the momentous events of 2010 and see if our nation moved forward, never in a straight line, but hopefully advancing somehow. No doubt the biggest development, if not accomplishment, of 2010 for Filipinos is the…

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino is banking on the love and support of the people to fulfill his campaign promise of reforms.