Sunstar (Free subscription) | yesterday
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assures Thursday that minimum wage earners in the private sector in Metro Manila receive a P20 daily wage increase. President Arroyo, during the 29th National Conference of Employers at the Manila Hotel, told members of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (Ecop) that the amount is already set as of Wednesday [...]
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
MANILA, May 17 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo thanked Friday the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact Team for validating the Philippine government's efforts to invest in people, fight corruption and encourage economic freedom.
Sunstar (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the full sentence of six to 40 years imprisonment would be imposed and served by the nine Magdalo officers if they violate any of the two conditions cited in the grant of their conditional pardon. Arroyo, in issuing General Order (GO) 10 on Monday, said the two conditions are: “that each shall [...]
Sunstar (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
MANILA –- Malacañang said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo met with ZTE officials in Shenzen, China on November 2, 2006 but said the activity was not a secret. “I don't know who the ZTE officials are but the President indeed was there on that date. It was a private activity in the sense that it was a golf [...]
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
LIGAO CITY, May 15 (PNA) -- Thousands of farmers in this city have expressed their happiness and sincere thanks to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the full implementation of the Infrastructure for Rural Productivity Enhancement Sector (INFRES) project in this city.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
MANILA - The Philippines has begun offering cash rewards to soldiers to help defeat communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels in the final two years of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration, officials said on Tuesday. A senior army general told Reuters soldiers would be given fat cash rewards for dismantling rebel bases, capturing top communist guerrilla leaders and...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
MANILA - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Monday pardoned nine army officers convicted of a coup against her, and ordered a 10 percent pay hike for soldiers, moves aimed at consolidating her support in the military. Arroyo made the announcement during a ceremony to install a new chief of the military, which has consistently backed her during a turbulent seven...
Sunstar (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
MANILA (Updated 2:56 p.m.) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pardoned nine military officers who apologized after being convicted of a 2003 coup plot, saying Monday that the Philippines yearns for stability - not “political shenanigans.” Arroyo made the announcement during a nationally televised ceremony marking the oath-taking of new military chief General Alexander Yano....
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Source: Reuters MANILA, May 12 (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Monday pardoned nine army officers convicted of a coup against her, and ordered a 10 percent pay hike for soldiers, moves ...
Sunstar (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
By Ben O. Tesiorna DAVAO CITY — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) accused the Arroyo administration of deliberately reverting to war as majority of the Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team members started its pull out Saturday. But Malacanang in a statement on Sunday enjoined everyone to remain calm as the Arroyo administration reiterate its commitment to moving [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Manila - Nine Philippine military officers convicted in a failed July 2003 mutiny and pardoned by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo were freed Friday after almost five years in detention. The nine officers were in high spirits as they walked out of...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
MANILA, May 17 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered Friday Labor Secretary Marianito Roque and Trade Secretary Peter Favila to convene a series of tripartite meetings on non-wage benefits for workers.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
ILOILO CITY, May 17 (PNA) – Three completed major infrastructures funded by the national and local governments are waiting for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in this city.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
MANILA, May 16 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo mobilized today the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the 110 state colleges and universities (SUCs) to come up with programs to intensify the training and increase the number of agricultural technicians and workers as well as encourage students to enroll in agriculture-based courses.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Ricardo Padilla said. One employee was critically wounded in the robbery, Padilla added. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo expressed shock at the killings, which drew national outrage, deputy presidential spokeswoman Lorelie Fajardo said. "The president would like to extend her deepest sympathies for the families of all the fatalities in the gruesome and senseless killing,"...
