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Philippine News Agency (PNA)PGMA to Task Force 211: Step up operations against political violence, violence against journalists
Posted on Sunday, November 29th, 2009
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered Task Force 211 to step up its efforts in solving cases related to political violence and violence against journalists, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said today.
In a radio interview aired over [...]
PGMA orders DepEd to replicate ‘kariton’ classrooms in Metro Manila
Posted on Friday, November 27th, 2009
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo directed education officials to find out how the “kariton classrooms,” for which Efren Penflorida won the CNN Hero of the Year award, can be replicated in Metro Manila, “where there is a [...]
continue readingCNN Hero wants more volunteer teachers
Posted on Friday, November 27th, 2009
CNN Hero of the Year Efren Penaflorida this morning proposed that colleges and universities urge their students to volunteer as tutors to out-of-school youths.
Fresh from Hollywood, Ca., where he received the CNN award, Penaflorida told [...]
80 million PhilHealth Beneficiaries
Posted on Friday, November 27th, 2009
On November 23, 2009, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited the 80 millionth PhilHealth beneficiary at Rizal Medical Center. The government aims to provide health insurance coverage for every Filipino.
A milestone in healthcare: 80 million Filipinos [...]
GDP, GNP show modest growth
Posted on Thursday, November 26th, 2009
The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and gross national product (GNP) grew modestly by 0.8 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, in the third quarter, fueled by the services sector (which expanded by 4 percent) and [...]
continue readingGov’t vows justice in Maguindanao massacre
Posted on Thursday, November 26th, 2009
The suspects in the Maguindanao Massacre will be charged in court and, if found guilty, meted out the appropriate punishment in accordance with law.
In a press briefing this morning, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said the [...]
PGMA opens Porac interchange, access roads to SCTEX
Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
PORAC, Pampanga (PND) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in an open-air truck, drove through the Porac interchange of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) leading to the access road in Barangay Hacienda Dolores here, which would cut travel [...]
continue readingFDI rises 31% in 8 months
Posted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Foreign direct investments went up to $1.28 billion in the first eight months, from $977 million in the same period last year.
Deputy Director General Margarita Songco of the National Economic and Development Authority informed President [...]
PGMA orders preparations to cushion El Nino impact
Posted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered today the Department of Agriculture (DA) to fast-track all irrigation infrastructure projects as the government intensifies preparations to help the agricultural sector deal with the El Niño weather phenomenon.
The president issued [...]
PGMA orders Philhealth to expand program for poor
Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lauded today the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) for reaching an expanded membership coverage of 80 million, among other milestones.
In her visit to the Rizal Medical Center (RMC) on Shaw Boulevard, Pasig [...]