The counsel of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the family of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos will be sought by House Majority Leader and Lakas-CMD president Martin Romualdez in helping him reach a decision on whether or not to gun for the vice presidency next year. Romualdez...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye PNoy passed away last Thursday at the age of 61. Like any man and like any President, he had his share of flaws. But I wish to remember him for his better qualities. He was humble, dignified, straightforward in manner and speech, and most important for me as a...
PNoy was focused on a singular objective: trace, contact and test all of the fellow passengers of ‘Patient One’ who had tested positive for MERS COV the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome caused by a coronavirus. He marshaled all of the relevant facts: the nature of the disease and how it was...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares When Ms. Pinky Aquino-Abelleda read the Aquino family statement on the death of former President Noynoy Aquino Thursday of last week, she thanked the various constituents of the late Head of State. Pinky first mentioned the late President’s constituents from the...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our wife, former Congresswoman Gina, our son Congressman Christopher de Venecia, and we join the Aquino family, relatives and friends, and the Filipino people in mourning the untimely passing of the nation’s former President Benigno...
•The author covered the Aquino presidency for six years • Former President Aquino made himself broadly accessible to the media, giving frank and lengthy answers in interviews • With a copy of the Constitution on standby, PNoy rattled off facts and figures to back up pronouncements • He did...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Former President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III’s sudden passing on June 24 shocked a nation reeling from the pandemic and his successor’s response to it. Statements of condolences from across the political spectrum immediately flooded mainstream media and social media, in a...
ANGEL THOUGHTS The author with PNoy, her friend and President “You ask too many questions, Mrs. Sec!” (I was called Mrs. Sec by the family of my Lady Boss President Cory.) Or, how about his admonition that I stop nagging him with my not- so-subtle plea – “stop smoking already, please?”...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza A few things the then president, PNoy, told me face to face, not from the long lens of current events becoming history, but from the short distance of a casual conversation: 1. “What are you doing there?” I was taking pictures of his leather slippers,...
The national flags in all Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) stations across the country were flown at half-mast to mourn and honor the passing of former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III. The PCG said Friday, June 25, that it joined all Filipinos in mourning and praying for the death of the...
Makati City Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay said former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III dedicated the best years of his life to the country. Binay issued the statement following the demise of the former president at a hospital in Quezon City on Thursday (June 24, 2021). In a Facebook post,...
Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada has called on the public to honor the life, leadership, and sacrifices of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. The former president died at a hospital in Quezon City on Thursday (June 24, 2021). “I am one with the nation in mourning this loss. Let us...
