Update: December 14, 2011 2:43 p.m. Read Court holiday declared to support Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona vs impeachment case Manila, Philippines – Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato Corona was impeached by the House of Representatives on Monday, December 12, 2011, with the Senate to start the impeachment trial in 2012. SC Chief [...]
Updated: December 12, 2011 9:45 p.m. Read SC Chief Justice Renato Corona impeached by House, Senate to start impeachment trial in 2012 Manila, Philippines – President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III (PNoy) hit the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, December 5, 2011, in front of SC Chief Justice Renato Corona himself. SC Chief Justice Renato Corona [...]
US President Barack Obama waved his right hand while joining other world leaders in a UN group photo shoot but blocked the face of a fellow president, as shown in the photo below. As noted at US news sites on Wednesday, President Obama stood along with other leaders during the Open Government Partnership meeting at [...]
Manila, Philippines – President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (PNoy) finally commented about the recently announced Shalani Soledad-Roman Romulo engagement. Roman Romulo and Shalani Soledad Image Credit: ABS-CBNNews.com As noted at ABS-CBN News on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, PNoy gave his reaction that day after issuing earlier a ‘no reaction’ on the news about his former [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Benigno Aquino Jr., simply known as Ninoy Aquino, is remembered by Filipinos on his 28th death anniversary, this Sunday, August 21, 2011. Ninoy Aquino met his demise on the airport’s tarmac as he was escorted by uniformed men outside the plane. His supreme sacrifice has awakened the political awareness of Filipinos to the excesses of the then existing Marcos regime under Ferdinand Marcos.
Manila, Philippines – Malacañang Palace officially declared that August 30, 2011 a regular holiday throughout the Philippines. Official Gazette Image Credit: www.gov.ph As per Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines post, President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Proclamation No. 234 last August 11, 2011. Proclamation No. 234 states that August 30, 2011, a [...]
Manila, Philippines – Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim resigned from his post on Friday, August 12, 2011, citing personal reasons for his resignation. Alberto Lim, announcing his resignation as Deparment of Tourism (DoT) Secretary Image Credit: ANC video/ABS-CBNNews.com As shown live in local TV news before lunch that day, Alberto Lim announced his resignation as Tourism [...]
Malacanang Palace released President Noynoy Aquino Ramadhan message to the Muslim-Filipino community last week. Official Gazette Image Credit: www.gov.ph According to the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines post last July 30, 2011, the President sends his heartfelt greetings to the Philippine Islamic Community in their observance of the holy month of Ramadhan. [...]
Manila, Philippines – President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (PNoy) delivered his 2nd State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25, 2011, as shown in the video below. PNoy SONA 2011 Image Credit: rtvm.gov.ph As reported earlier, PNoy mentioned the term “wang-wang” multiple times on his SONA 2011, which he referred it to as [...]
Updated: July 25, 2011 9:08 p.m. Read PNoy SONA 2011: President Noynoy Aquino delivers his 2nd State of the Nation Address (Video) Manila, Philippines – President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (PNoy) delivered his 2nd State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25, 2011, and focused on the term “wang-wang”. President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino [...]
