A MALACAÑANG official set aside an assessment made by an influential US-based journal that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has sunk the Philippines into a “morass of corruption and scandal” branding it is a mere perception.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Antonio Apostol said assessment has no basis and might have even been influenced by ongoing propaganda against [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo joined the Indonesian people in mourning the death of their former President Suharto who succumbed to multiple organ failure last Sunday.
Arroyo, in a statement from Dubai, said the Philippine government and Filipino people offer its deepest sympathies and condolences to the family and supporters of Suharto. (more)
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reiterated her call for Myanmar to return to the path of democracy by honoring its commitment to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to free freedom fighter Aung San Suu Kyi.
A Palace statement issued last Saturday said Arroyo reminded Myanmar of its commitment when it signed the Asean Charter in Singapore [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is seeking to “discourage” moves by some majority lawmakers to oust Jose de Venecia Jr. as House Speaker once Congress resumes session on Monday.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Arroyo told him to relay this message to members of the majority bloc in Congress, when they talked by phone at 4 a.m. Saturday. [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has already chosen her three new appointees to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), including a chairman vice resigned election chief Benjamin Abalos Sr., said Presidential Management Staff director general Cerge Remonde.
Remonde, however, declined to name the new appointees, which include a chairman and two commissioners pending an official announcement from Malacañang next [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo extended the mandate of the Presidential Middle East Preparedness Committee (PMEPC) by another three months following the volatile political situation in Lebanon.
Arroyo, issuing Executive Order (EO) 692, gave the PMEPC, which is headed by special envoy Roy Cimatu, until March 31 to continue its administrative and operational functions. (more)
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the reduction in the self-rated poverty to 46 percent in December from 52 percent in September showed that government’s anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs are working.
Arroyo said the poverty reduction shown in the 2007 fourth quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) was the lowest in 20 years. (more)
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will leave for Switzerland on Tuesday to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) and seek more investments for the Philippines.
Arroyo will leave the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Centennial Terminal at 12:30 p.m. (Tuesday) after being accorded the usual military departure honors. She will go to Zurich first to talk to several [...]
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday designated Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza as concurrent Air Transportation Office (ATO) chief and gave him three months to take care of the administrative and technical issues raised by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the President also gave Mendoza three months to comply with the requirements of [...]
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday called for an agreement between the Senate and the House of Representatives to pass the proposed 2008 national budget as soon as possible.
She said the budget would fund the anti-poverty measures and safety nets for the rising prices of oil products and basic commodities.(more)
