* Bank offers aid for farmers who will engage in Jathropa plantation
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the environment department to launch the Project 727, a project aimed at reforesting seven million hectares of unproductive land that would result in P2 million in profits for seven years.
Arroyo gave the order during the town hall meeting on [...]
JAILED former President Joseph Estrada on Wednesday urged the Arroyo administration to stop linking his camp to “non-existent” destabilization plots and branded as “overkill” the security preparations for the judgment day in his six-year-old plunder case.
Speaking through Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez, Estrada said “the government’s penchant for seeing destabilizers in every corner [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to end armed rebellion, Muslim secessionism, and terrorism by the end of her term in 2010.
“Hindi tayo aatras sa pakikibaka upang mabigyan ng kapayapaan at kaunlaran ang bayan (We will not back down from our efforts toward peace and progress for the country),†[...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday told the members of the Armed Forces to ignore efforts of some groups to divide the military through black propaganda and disinformation.
Arroyo’s statement was made during the closing ceremony of the Local Peace and Security Assembly in Bohol, came at heels of efforts in the Senate to revive the “Hello, [...]
THE government will impose a step-by-step increase in taxes on the gross earnings of public utility vehicles (PUVs) following moves to adjust the current three percent carrier tax.
Arroyo, through Administrative Order (AO) 189, called for the conduct of consultations and imposition of equity and gradual increase in carrier taxes that has recently “provoked attacks from [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has urged the Buhay party-list group to support and pursue legislative measures that would promote life similar to the anti-abortion law and the repeal of the death penalty law that she strongly supported.
Arroyo, during the 23rd anniversary of the El Shaddai and the 68th birthday celebration of Catholic charismatic leader Brother Mike [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the convening of a Legislative-Executive-Judicial Advisory Council (Lejac) to help speed up the legal cases surrounding government projects and eventually ensure the projects and programs immediate implementation.
Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera said the proposed Lejac is similar to the Legislative-Executive Development and Advisory Council (Ledac) and they are hoping to convene it [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday ordered the sending of a team of doctors and medical personnel from the V. Luna Medical Center to take care of Basilan residents affected by the clash between soldiers and Muslim rebels.
Arroyo said the medical team will augment the field hospital of the West Mindanao Command in Zamboanga City in [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s net satisfaction rating fell from -46.7 in January to -61.9 in July, the latest Ibon survey revealed.
The survey, which had 1,488 respondents, was conducted last July 2-13 and had a margin of error of plus or minus three percent. (more)
* Manila archbishop tells Catholics to pray for rain, issues prayer
* Convene water task force, senator urges
* Congressman bats for wise use of drought mitigation funds
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may seek emergency powers from Congress to address the looming power crisis in Luzon as a result of the dry spell in the country’s largest [...]
