President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo addresses the officers, men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during its 73rd anniversary celebration on Monday (Dec. 22) at the grandstand of the AFP general headquarters in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City. (OPS-NIB Photo)
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is likely to allow the joint resolution extending the [...]
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed into law a bill imposing stiffer penalties for illegal possession and manufacture of explosives in the country.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Republic Act 9516 was one of the four legislative measures signed into law by the President on Tuesday.
RA 9516 amends Presidential Decree 1866 or the Illegal Possession [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Friday rice supply would be stable next year due to the government’s increased palay (unhusked rice) procurement and spending in irrigation and other agricultural infrastructures.
Arroyo issued the statement after inspecting the palay procurement activity at the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Barangay Pinagnarvacanan, Binalonan, Pangasinan.
“We expect no rice crisis next [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday signed into law the Renewable Energy (RE) bill.
“The future is in clean, renewable energy, which is predicted to be one of the biggest industries in the next five years,” Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said.
He added: “The benefits of renewable-energy use are considerable. It will foster sustainable growth, energy independence and [...]
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered concerned agencies Monday to extend all assistance to speed up the search and rescue operations for the missing passengers of the capsized M/B Maejan.
Anthony Golez, chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was also instructed to assist the survivors [...]
DOHA, Qatar — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said her three-day official visit here has generated for the Philippines US$1 billion in new investments.
Arroyo left Qatar, a leading destination of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Monday noon on her return flight to the Philippines with a three-hour stopover in Abu Dhabi.
She held various meetings with chief executive officers [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s net satisfaction rating for 2008 is at its lowest of -30 points, the November 28-December 1 survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
Arroyo’s net rating in 2007 was -9, net -16 in 2006, and net -25 in 2005.
Based on the SWS terminology of ratings, a net rating of -30 to -49 [...]
DOHA, Qatar -– President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo meets with chief executive officers of companies employing Filipino workers during a luncheon meeting with them Saturday (Dec. 13) at the Al-Shasheen Restaurant of the Sheraton Doha Hotel and Resort here. (OPS-NIB Photo)
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo left early Saturday morning for Qatar for what Malacañang said is a three-day mission [...]
A LAWMAKER on Tuesday asked President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to certify as urgent the human rights bills.
Human rights committee chairman Lorenzo Tañada made the call during the 60th United Nations Declaration on Human Rights at the House of Representatives in Batasan, Quezon City wherein the committee presented its report on major human rights issues.
“If our President [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will go to Hong Kong on Monday to attend the Clinton Global Initiatives (CGI) forum where she will be the voice of the poor so rich countries would not forget them especially in view of the global economic crisis.
She will depart via Philippine Airlines flight PR 310 at 5:45 p.m. from the [...]
