CEBU’S officials still need to make the Asean summit ceremonial route more beautiful before next month’s event, but overall, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was impressed with the summit venues here.
The Cebu International Convention Center’s modern design and the furniture at the MIP lounge pleased Arroyo, who visited both venues for the first time Tuesday after they [...]
ARMED Forces Chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Thursday promised to put an end to military adventurisms that have wracked the Arroyo administration.
Addressing the President during the celebration of the military’s 71st foundation anniversary at the Armed Forces headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Esperon also vowed to professionalize the 120,000-srong military establishment. (more…)
MANILA — Charter change remains a priority agenda of the Arroyo administration, days after the President and her allies at the House of Representatives backed down amid threats of massive street protests against amending the Constitution.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Tuesday that Charter change is a reality that the country, including its leaders, must face and [...]
THE Arroyo administration said they still have ample time to prepare and even ensure victory of their allies in the May 14, 2007 elections.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said while the administration had been focused on campaigning for Charter change, their allies especially at the local level had, in their own ways, started preparing for next [...]
MALACANANG on Saturday said the increase the number of jobs showed that government is successful in attracting investments into the country.
The Palace was reacting to the statement of the labor department that local employment rose by 310,000, from 32.875 million in October to 32.875 million in October this year. (more…)
IN SPITE of the successive calamities that hit the country this year, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said things will be better next year.
Arroyo, in her Christmas message, said the country’s condition is becoming better and more stable. “The dawning of the year, it will all come together in the mighty grace of the Lord,” she said. [...]
CHARTER change has been the rallying call of President Arroyo and her allies as a way to solve political divisiveness and legislative delays.
But yesterday, the President backed off on the issue and said the people will decide on the constitutional amendments at the time they deem “ripe and needful,†and “in the manner they deem [...]
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, faced with a public uproar and the prospect of massive street protests, on Thursday scrapped plans for a constitutional change that would have abolished the opposition-led Senate.
Arroyo, who has campaigned for overhauling the legislature to ease political instability, changed course after the influential Roman Catholic Church and opposition groups [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s net satisfaction rating slipped back to -13 in the fourth quarter from -11 in September, the Nov. 24-29 survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
The survey, which had 1,200 respondents, showed Arroyo’s satisfaction rating at 34 percent and dissatisfaction at 47 percent. (more…)
MALACAÑANG said Sunday President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo continues to support the Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) as well as the other modes allowed under the Constitution that would pave the way for amendments to the 1987 Constitution.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Presidential political adviser Gabriel Claudio both denied that the President is dumping the Con-Ass as deciding on [...]
