Monthly Archives: June 2010
Billiards: Reyes, Bustamante, Orcollo banner RP’s bid in World Cup of Pool bid
June 18, 2010 MANILA – The prestigious and tough Partypoker.net World Cup of Pool returns to Manila on Sept. 7-12 with Filipino pool icons Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante leading the way for the country’s bid alongside the pair of Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo and Roberto “Pinoy Superman” Gomez.
Billiards Managers and Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP) founder Ceferino “Perry” Mariano and BMPAP chairman and Philippine Star editor-in-chief Isaac Belmonte said the Philippines gained the privilege of fielding two teams — Reyes and Bustamante for RP Team A and Orcollo and Gomez for RP Team B — by virtue of its being the host country. ” Continue reading
Sale of Imelda jewelry collection stopped
MANILA — President Arroyo has ordered the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) to hold off any further moves leading to the auction of the jewelry collection worth millions of pesos of former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos. The order was coursed through Commissioner Ricardo Abcede by Executive Secretary Leandro Mendoza who said President Arroyo is now leaving it to her successor to decide on the final disposition of the Imelda Marcos jewelry.
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Sound economic policies fuel GDP growth to 7.3 % in Q1
June 2, 2010 MANILA — The country’s economic growth of 7.3 percent in the first quarter reflects the sound economic policies that the Arroyo administration initiated in the past nine years. “We see the strong growth as benefitting from the sound economic management we had in place for years,” said Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Ricardo Saludo. Continue reading
Palace eyes end to controversy over PGMA appointments
June 18, 2010 MANILA – Malacanang is bewildered at continuing speculations that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s alleged midnight appointments tied the hands of her successor President-elect Benigno Aquino III.
Deputy presidential spokesperson Gary Olivar said such speculations must end already since these are baseless, noting President Arroyo’s appointments are above-board and Mr. Aquino can always recall these as long as such action is in accordance with law. Continue reading
Aquino to announce full Cabinet this week
June 18, 2010 PARANAQUE CITY — President-elect Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III will announce this week his full Cabinet, a week before he takes his oath on June 30 as the 15th president of the Philippines.
So far, Aquino announced that he will appoint Corazon J. Soliman as social welfare and development secretary, Teresita Deles as presidential adviser on peace process, lawyer Paquito Ochoa as executive secretary and lawyer Edwin Lacierda as presidential spokesperson. Continue reading
Roxas will play a big role in Aquino gov’t – Drilon
June 18, 2010 ILOILO CITY – Senator Franklin Drilon said that outgoing Senator Mar Roxas will have a big role in the Aquino administration in the future.
Drilon said that Roxas will figure much in the programs of President-elect Noynoy Aquino especially on economic platforms, investments and new policies. Continue reading
Obama, other world leaders wish Aquino, Binay success
June 18, 2010 WASHINGTON/MANILA (PhilAmPress) — U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to President-elect Benigno Aquino III and congratulated
him on his election as the Philippines’ 15th president.
While in Shanghai, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo also called up Aquino, congratulated him and wished her successor success. Continue reading
Villar is RP’s richest senator
June 18, 2010 PASAY CITY – Defeated presidential candidate Senator Manny Villar remains the richest senator while detained Senator Antonio
Trillanes IV is the poorest member of the Philippine Senate.
Based on the 2009 Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN), Villar has a net asset worth P947.88 million followed by another losing presidential candidate Ma. Ana Consuelo ‘Jamby’ Madrigal with net worth P145.61 million in second spot and reelected Senator Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. with P123.73 million in third place. Continue reading
U.S. Sen. Burr opposes $67-M Supplemental Filipino Equity Fund
June 2, 2010 CHICAGO (JGLi) – United States Sen. Richard Burr (Rep.-NC) is again playing Scrooge against the Filipino veterans even if they are “dying by the dozens each day. … They do not have too many months left in their lives.”
Burr, a ranking member of the U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, took the Senate floor Thursday (May 27), to oppose the plan of U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Ken Shinseki to transfer $67-million out of the $103- million saved from “construction projects for medical facilities and maintenance of VA facilities” to the Filipino Equity Fund. Continue reading
Independence Week Marked in U.S.
June 2, 2010 CHICAGO (JGLi) – As Chicago’s Filipinos held a motorcade and New York’s Filipinos kicked off with their annual grand parade, Filipino Americans all across the United States mark this week’s 112th Philippine Independence Day with various types of celebration. In Kensington, Maryland, the Philippine Embassy and the Philippine American Foundation for Charities, Inc. presented Simbuyo 2010 last Saturday (June 5), commemorating Philippine Independence and celebrating Filipino Artisty at the Great Hall, Visitors Center, Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, according to Bing Branigin. Continue reading