“The Presidency”

Let me tell you what I’d do if I were president (a job I assure you I would not take, even if I were eligible and it was offered to me):

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has fired more than 970 government officials appointed by his predecessor, saying their taking office violated a constitutional ban on new appointments during the election period that began on March 10.

MANILA, Philippines – With renewed hope and optimism under the new Aquino government, fewer Filipinos now want to migrate to another country and live there, according to a new survey by Pulse Asia conducted early July.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino ordered yesterday the revocation of the midnight appointments of the previous Arroyo administration.

MORE BUSINESS GROUPS are pressing Congress for tax policy reforms and laws to improve governance, a review of proposed legislative priorities showed. The wish lists of the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI), American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) and the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) share several bills which their…

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MANILA, Philippines – Optimism among Filipinos is now at its highest level since the 1997 Asian financial crisis due to the ascendancy of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, a new survey by private pollster Pulse Asia revealed Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines – He may be a neophyte in government, but this spokesman is definite and proud of one thing – that he will not “do a Bunye” and defend a public lie.

MANILA, Philippines – After some delays, the socioeconomic planning portfolio was finally turned over to economist Cayetano Paderanga Jr. in a simple ceremony last Monday.

“Pnoy the Magician” in bright yellow. This was how activists depicted President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino in effigy in last Monday’s annual State of the Nation street demonstration. They were proven prescient in more ways than one as soon as Mr. Aquino started delivering his SONA that turned out to be vintage smoke-and-mirrors demagoguery.

Passes off Noy’s misleading claims as Arroyo’s ‘lack of prudence’ Are their faces red, but they are still trying to save face by injecting a morality issue. Malacañang yesterday admitted that there was nothing anomalous after all in President Aquino’s claimed “shock and awe” expose against his predecessor, former President now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo,…

Malacañang on Wednesday seemed to have retreated on its claim that the previous Arroyo administration violated the law in connection with its treatment of the national budget. Budget and Management Undersecretary Mario Relampagos said that there was nothing illegal in the immediate past government’s spending of the general appropriations in the first six months of…

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang stood pat on the figures cited by President Aquino in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) and maintained that the previous administration was “fiscally irresponsible” and “immoral” by going on a spending spree during the first half of the year when no revenues were coming in.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) was “deficient, defective, and divisive,” meant to lower the expectations of Filipinos on his capacity to run the country, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said yesterday.

The camp of Rep. Gloria Arroyo of Pampanga on Tuesday downplayed claims of President Benigno Aquino 3rd in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) that there were irregularities during her nearly ten-year presidency. Mrs. Arroyo’s spokesman Elena Bautista Horn, a former head of the Presidential Management Staff, said that the government still has…

What about us? This was the sentiment of the labor and transport sectors who felt left out in President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III’s first State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) delivered Monday before the Joint Session of the 15th Congress at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City.

State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines to the Congress of the Philippines Session Hall of the House of Representatives July 26, 2010 [Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City]

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is starting his presidency on a high note with 85% of Filipinos expressing trust in him, the highest trust rating ever recorded by any individual included in Pulse Asia’s trust probes since 1999.

MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III’s Liberal Party (LP) dominates the chairmanships of various committees in the new House of Representatives.

Reflecting on reports about what President Benigno Aquino III will declare as the State Of the Nation or SONA, I am reminded of a “prayer” that was written by, or written for young people who have not fully come of age in terms of wisdom.

MANILA, Philippines – Presidential Management Staff director general Julia Abad is the youngest Cabinet member at 31. Despite the gargantuan challenge her job poses, Abad said she did not want to pass up the opportunity to work with a good man, President Aquino.

People’s organizations (POs) and nongo-vernment organizations (NGOs) have made their wish list known to the public and they, hope, President Benigno Aquino 3rd, through the media, demonstrations and rallies. Some have sent manifestos and positions papers to Malacañang.

MANILA, Philippines –  Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita “Ging” Deles is getting a second chance to push for peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the New People’s Army (NPA).

MANILA, Philippines – Until last July 5 when she officially took over the leadership of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Rosalinda Baldoz was content to be working in the background, playing a supporting role to her superiors.

MANILA, Philippines – Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo is the only member of the Arroyo Cabinet who was retained by President Aquino.

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MANILA, Philippines – Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo vowed to walk the talk on President Aquino’s “kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” anti-corruption drive.

MANILA, Philippines – The newly appointed science and technology secretary intends to use his training and experience as an inventor and engineer to solve some of the country’s recurring problems like floods and traffic.

Honorary Lithuanian consul Rafael Evangelista was jolted from his Subic base reverie and had to fire off an e-mail to announce that he was very much alive, thank you, contrary to an item here on Monday.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday said he will uncover more “landmines” left by the previous administration and present a true picture of the government’s financial status during his first State- of-the-Nation Address next week.