THE government will continue its wise and prudent spending to balance the acceleration of investments and continue the economic growth in the face of the global crisis.
In her speech at the tribute to the past presidents of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Pampanga chapter at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Clark in Pampanga Tuesday, President [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday ordered government officials to be active in the campaign to eliminate “all illegal activities,” including jueteng and other unlawful gambling.
“Let me take this opportunity to order all the local government officials to work together and to stop anything illegal,” Arroyo said after receiving a manifest of support from local government [...]
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers her speech Sunday (Feb. 22) during the commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the 1986 People and Prayer Power Peaceful Revolution at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. (OPS/NIB-Photo)
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Sunday that there is no room for another People Power revolt in history, [...]
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo congratulates war veterans after she delivered her speech Sunday (Feb. 22) during the commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the 1986 People and Prayer Power Peaceful Revolution at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. (OPS/NIB-Photo)
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will attend Sunday activities marking the 23rd anniversary of the first [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo awarded livelihood assistance and scholarship grants to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the global financial crisis.
In a ceremony at Apo View Hotel Thursday afternoon, Arroyo distributed 30 livelihood assistance checks worth P1.5 million and 35 scholarship certificates to OFWs from Mindanao who were displaced from their jobs abroad due to the [...]
AGRICULTURE Secretary Arthur Yap and officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Bfar) on Thursday briefed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on fish caging facilities and business opportunities of the mariculture park at Sitio Leydao, Barangay Adecor in Kaputian on the Island Garden City of Samal.
The mariculture park, which was established in August 2001, is [...]
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday signed into law the Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008 (Republic Act 9520), which will strengthen the cooperative system in the country.
Malacañang said the new law, which amends the Cooperative Code of 1990 (RA 6938) gives cooperatives greater opportunities to serve their members in terms of financial assistance and in undertaking [...]
MANILA — A $198 million compensation package for Filipino World War II veterans included in the US stimulus bill is a long-overdue victory for the former soldiers, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Saturday.
The $787 billion stimulus package approved by Congress on Friday contains provisions recognizing and compensating Filipino veterans who fought under the American flag when [...]
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has come back to the Philippines, after a weeklong trip to Switzerland and the Middle East, and a quick visit to the United States.
Arroyo arrived Sunday morning at 5:15 a.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 2 aboard a commercial Philippine Airlines PR-105 flight.
Officials who welcomed the President [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. (AP Photo)
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, on her visit to the US, has been briefed on a campaign by Hawaii’s two senators to get compensation promised six decades ago to Filipino [...]
