ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
The Supreme Court is one of the country's "slightly more trusted" government bodies, a recent Pulse Asia survey shows, but disapproval of its head, Chief Justice Reynato Puno, has increased.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... Affairs for Mrs. Arroyo, a post now being held by Interior and Local Governments Secretary Ronaldo Puno in a concurrent capacity.Bunye said he will announce his successor in the coming days. “As I have expressed many times in the past, I can and will continue to serve President Arroyo in any capacity. I totally believe in her ability to govern this nation and to make the bold and...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... serving as interim Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs, a post now being held by Secretary Ronaldo Puno. - With a report from Nadia Trinidad, ABS-CBN News
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... Also present during the signing of the agreement were Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno, Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Hung Jung Gi, former Ambassador Kim Wook, now Advisor for Incheon International Relations; and Bishop Ephraim Tendero. The Korean official told the President that South Koreans are grateful for the Philippines’ support to his country during...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
... discussed with him any such plan.Reports said that Ermita has been feuding with Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno over policy and management style differences. The President is expected to make changes in her official family once the one-year appointment ban on losing candidates in the last national elections lapses on May 14, 2008.The revamp will reportedly benefit some of the losing...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
... that he serves at the pleasure of the President. Newspaper reports earlier said DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno will be given the post of Executive Secretary, replacing Eduardo Ermita who is reportedly being groomed as the country's new ambassador to the United States.Radio dzMM report said several Team Unity candidates who lost in the May 2007 senatorial election will also be offered...
Manila Standard (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
‘Responsible post’ for EsperonBy Joyce Pangco PañaresOutgoing Armed Forces Chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr. will get a “responsible position” when he retires next month, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said yesterday.Puno did not say what the “responsible position” would be.But it wouldn’t be the National Defense portfolio, Puno said, debunking reports that the military general...
Manila Standard (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
... to run, but clamor is different from what is in the Constitution,” Ermita said.Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno, a former member of the Estrada Cabinet and was among those who negotiated for his pardon, was curt in dismissing the signature campaign.“Good luck to them,” Puno said. “I can only wish him peace of mind and enlightenment. He should be more conscious of his role as...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
As end of moratorium on appointment of losing 2007 candidates nearsMalacañang on Friday denied reports of a Cabinet revamp to accommodate non-winners from the May 2007 elections as the one year moratorium of appointing losing candidates draws near.Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno said that President Arroyo is "contented" with her Cabinet at present, as it focuses on...
Manila Standard (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Police purchases under scrutinyBy Rene M. Alviar and Ferdinand FabellaThe National Police Commission has created an oversight committee that will check equipment purchases by the police and review documents for awarded purchase contracts worth P500 million or less.Interior Secretary and commission chairman Ronaldo Puno and Commissioners Celia Sanidad Leones and Miguel Coronel approved...
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) criticized the decision of the government to arm civilians in a mining firm in Tampakan, South Cotabato that was attacked by rebels a few months back. In a report by www.luwaran.com, the Moro front claimed that Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno approved the request of Sagittarius [...]
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
The Philippine StarThe Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced Friday the appointment of a senior jail official as the new director of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).DILG Assistant Secretary Brian Yamsuan said that on the recommendation of DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno, President Arroyo approved the other day the appointment of Director Ross Dial...
Hunt of the Sea Wolves (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
... south of Manila, in the operation late Tuesday, but the suspect escaped, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
... south of Manila, in the operation late Tuesday, but the suspect escaped, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said. Among the bomb-making materials seized were 550 blasting caps, 25 time fuses, two detonating cords and chemicals, Puno said. Government security forces have been conducting operations to arrest Islamic militants allegedly plotting to bomb foreign embassies in Manila...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Last updated April 9, 2008 3:33 a.m. PTPhilippines police seize bomb materials Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno, center, assisted by Police Chief Superintendent Raul Castaneda, right, examines seized bomb making components, including some 550 blasting caps, 25 time fuses, detonating cords and an undetermined amount of Tetryl compound during a press conference...
