Category Archives for Benigno Aquino III

Preparing media for the 2013 elections

In six months, we will have the midterm national elections. The May 13, 2013 elections will be the first national, automated, and synchronized (including the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao) elections under the Aquino administration. VERA Files, a group composed … Continue reading

02. December 2012 by Ellen
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Aquino living up to the role of U.S. dummy

In a United States-written script, President Aquino performed his role very well as the American dummy in Southeast Asia at the 21st Asean summit in Cambodia. In a speech before leaders belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and … Continue reading

20. November 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Benigno Aquino III, Foreign Affairs | Tags: , | 3 comments

Concrete evidence, not snide remarks, needed to convict Gloria

The day that President Aquino talks about his accomplishments without snide remarks at Gloria Arroyo, is the day I can say that he has matured as a leader of this country. As of now, his penchant for snide remarks about … Continue reading

07. November 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Benigno Aquino III, Gloria Arroyo and family, Malaya | Tags: , | 8 comments

Lakas ng loob manlait ni PNoy, popular kasi siya

Binatikos si Pangulong Aquino sa kanyang mga pinagsasabi nang siya ay nasa New Zealand. Una ay ang kanyang patutsada kay Gloria Arroyo at ang pangalawa ay ang panlalait niya kay Rep. Teddy Casiño ng Bayan Muna. Sa miting sa Filipino … Continue reading

28. October 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Benigno Aquino III, Gloria Arroyo and family | Tags: , | 26 comments

Making sure we got the President correctly on internet libel

This is what President Aquino said at the forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association in the Philippines Wednesday on internet libel in the Cybercrime Law which he signed last Sept. 12: Question: My question is in regards to Cybercrime Law. … Continue reading

18. October 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Benigno Aquino III, Media | Tags: , | 28 comments

PNoy, Padaca don’t get it

What is it in being in position of power that dulls the mind and blurs the comprehension of people we thought were sensible? Former Isabela Governor and newly appointed commissioner of the Commission on Election posted the following reply to … Continue reading

07. October 2012 by Ellen
Categories: 2013 elections, Benigno Aquino III, Comelec | Tags: , | 17 comments

Thumbs up, thumbs down for Aquino’s TV Patrol tirades

Thumbs up to President Aquino in setting aside tact and taking to task Noli de Castro’s dubious role as journalist. Thumbs down for once again whining about media not reporting his idea of good news, as if media is an … Continue reading

29. July 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Benigno Aquino III, Media | Tags: , | 36 comments

Malacañang websites under attack by suspected Chinese networks

Statement from the Office of Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda: On the denial-of-service attack on PCDSPO-maintained websites At around four o’clock in the afternoon of April 23, 2012, the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) noticed a significant spike … Continue reading

23. April 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Benigno Aquino III, Foreign Affairs, Media | Tags: , | 29 comments

Dip in Aquino’s satisfaction rating should do him good

President Aquino’s satisfaction rating may have dropped a little but by any standard it’s still high. The Social Weather Station survey, conducted among 1,200 respondents nationwide on March 11- 13, 2012, saw the president’s satisfaction rating dip from nine points … Continue reading

08. April 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Benigno Aquino III | Tags: | 13 comments

Missing

The fact that retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan has not been arrested two months after the Malolos Regional Trial Court issued a warrant of arrest for him for the 2006 disappearance of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeno and … Continue reading

20. February 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Benigno Aquino III, Human Rights, Malaya | Tags: | 20 comments

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