“The Presidency”

THE PALACE yesterday announced a slew of appointments to key agencies and offices as the Aquino administration entered its third week in office.

A FIVE-PRONGED AGENDA for the Aquino administration’s first 100 days was bared yesterday by the country’s largest business group.

Echoing the guiding principle of President Aquino that the Filipino people are his boss, Education Secretary Armin Luistro said all schoolchildren, whether in public or private schools, are his boss.

Illicit list? Arroyo’s 977 ‘midnight’ appointees LAWYERS at the Palace have been burning the midnight oil scrutinizing nearly a thousand appointments made by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in various government agencies, including state-run corporations, from January this year until she bowed out of office on June 30.

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MANILA, Philippines – No stranger to the tourism industry, Secretary Alberto Lim vows to provide more tourism-driven jobs in the countryside to contribute to the government’s efforts to eradicate poverty.

MANILA, Philippines – It’s the third time around in the Cabinet for Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad, after being part of the official family of former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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MANILA, Philippines – Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said she is happy to return to work in “one of the most committed bureaucracies” and vowed to further improve the government’s existing poverty alleviation programs.

MANILA, Philippines – Environment Secretary Ramon Jesus Paje is a creature of habit. For 20 years, he showed up for work at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the morning and went home after work.

MANILA, Philippines – If it takes a preacher to rid the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of its corrupt image, then the new man at the top is perfect for the job.

MANILA, Philippines – Virgilio de los Reyes was initially hesitant to accept the top position in the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

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Confidence in Aquino substantial but few pledges expected to be met FILIPINOS’ expectations of the Aquino presidency are optimistic yet at the same time practical, results of a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey indicate.

MANILA, Philippines – Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. cringes at being called the “Little President.” He does not intend to strut around and make people know the hat he’s wearing, no matter how flattering it may be sometimes.

As in her mother, former President Corazon Aquino’s administration, President Aquino had resorted to dream targeting for the economy.

MANILA, Philippines – Identifying industries with the biggest potential and investing heavily in them may hold the key to robust job generation, according to newly appointed Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo.

MANILA, Philippines – Newly appointed Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala assumed office last Monday with the promise of a better life for farmers and fisherfolk.

MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III will lead the oath-taking of 11 new government officials in Malacanang on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras vowed that his first order of business is to prevent power interruptions.

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An improbable presidential candidate only a year before, Benigno Simeon Aquino 3rd, has ascended the pinnacle of power as the country’s 15th head of state. In inauguration ceremonies marked by exuberant celebration of a people-powered campaign and pregnant with high hopes for the future, “P-Noy,” the new president’s preferred appellation, signaled a dramatic departure from…

President Benigno Aquino 3rd should make known his intentions on Constitutional amendments, if any, while it is still early in his administration, highly respected political scientist Dr. Jose Abueva, former president of the University of the Philippines and now president of Kalayaan College, told The Manila Times.

WHILE his promise to speed up government service by cutting red tape and slowing down wang wang wielding officials have gained brownie points from the public, the business community has reminded President Benigno Aquino 3rd to make true his words of not imposing new taxes in the drive to improve revenue collections.

The President’s three prime tasks PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo has left her successor a dysfunctional state, falling global competitiveness and continuing mass poverty. Can President Benigno Aquino 3rd begin to set things right?

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