Sunstar (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers her message during the launching of the Second Meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development Tuesday, at the Malacanang palace in Manila. (AP Photo) MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered her economic team Tuesday to draft a contingency plan to cushion the impact of possible recession in the...
Sunstar (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
THE United Opposition (UNO) on Tuesday criticized President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for “misusing” the power of executive clemency by pardoning convicted murderer Claudio Teehankee Jr. despite the fact that there are other prisoners more deserving of the pardon. Tehankee, who had been jailed at the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City for almost 15 years for [...]
Sunstar (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the government is working hard to cope with inflationary pressures. During Monday’s 10th Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) Forum in Malacañang, Arroyo said the government is trying to address all fronts from managing the inflationary pressures to keep prices down to continuing to generate jobs...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
DAVAO CITY, Oct. 8 (PNA) – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President Noli de Castro were invited to speak in the 7th national Conference for Career Executive Service Officers (CESO) to be conducted on Oct. 15-17 at the Apo View Hotel.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Manila - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday pushed for amendments to the country's constitution in a bid to boost the local economy amid the financial meltdown in the United States. While assuring the business community that the P...
Sunstar (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo inspects an Alaska powdered milk being sold in a grocery store in Pasay City after she attended the opening ceremonies of the Agrilink/Foodlink/Aqualink 2008 on Thursday (Oct. 9) at the World Trade Center along Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City. (OPS/NIB Photo) APPARENTLY due to the milk scare, some milk companies in the country [...]
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
MANILA, Oct. 10 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has expressed her elation over the fruitful bilateral meeting held between the Philippines and Australian governments as she warmly welcomed Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith and Trade Minister Simon Crean in Malacanang.
Business World (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Ratification of the free trade agreement — signed in September 2006 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi — had been held up by questions regarding provisions that supposedly permitted the entry of toxic waste from Japan as well as allowing Japanese equity in many sectors where the Philippine constitution bans foreign ownership....
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Roxas City, Oct. 10 (PNA) -- The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) based in Maligaya, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija has developed new farming technologies in support to President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo's food security program.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
MANILA, Oct. 10 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed today former Quezon City Congressman Michael “Mike” T. Defensor as acting chairman of the Philippine National Railways and Cotabato Archbishop Orlando V. Quevedo as chairman for the Presidential Task Force for the Mindanao River Basin Rehabilitation and Development.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
MANILA, Oct. 8 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will address the final session tomorrow (Thursday) of the two-day LGU Conference for Sustained Competitiveness to be held in Malacañang.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
MANILA, Oct. 10 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said today that while hoping for the best, her administration is preparing for the worst to ensure that the country’s economy remains resilient in the face of the financial turmoil roiling the world.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
MANILA, Oct. 10 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today expressed satisfaction that the country’s inflation is finally levelling off even as she directed her economic team to draw up a contingency plan to cushion the impact of a possible US recession.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
MANILA, Oct. 8 (PNA) -– Malacanang on Tuesday said it is the prerogative of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to grant executive clemency to all convicts who have displayed good behavior in prison.
Business World (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday directed her economic managers to craft strategies aimed at protecting ordinary Filipinos from the impact of a possible US recession and rising prices of commodities.
