(Published on June 5, 2016, from an exclusive interview with former President Benigno S. Aquino III by the Manila Bulletin senior editors and Malacanang reporters in Malacanang Palace.) Manila Bulletin editors and Malacañang reporters interview Pnoy JUNE 5, 2016 – An exclusive interview with...
Food security group Tugon Kabuhayan joined the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in recognizing the late President Noynoy Aquino administration’s policies and programs that contributed towards the achievement of national food security. In a...
Malacañang revealed that President Duterte actually wanted to attend the wake of the late former President Benigno Aquino III (PNoy) but circumstances hindered his plans to pay his last respects to his predecessor. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
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...
Kris Aquino Queen of All Media Kris Aquino hit out at a basher, saying she couldn't stand being attacked by someone with grammatical errors. So Kris is giving her critic some English grammar lessons. It all started when an Instagram user identified as sharon_briz made a comment on Kris. sharon_briz...
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...
In honor of former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's passing, a local publisher has released free ebook copies of Dream Big Books' "Ninoy, Cory, and Noynoy." (Screenshot from the ebook) The book, which was first released in 2012, was written by Yvette Fernandez and illustrated by Abi Goy. In...
Basketball star James Yap at the funeral rite for former president Benigno C. Aquino III (Photo by James Yap Basketball Facebook) For the last time, basketball star James Yap paid his respects to former brother-in-law Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. The ex-husband of Kris Aquino was among the guests...
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...
"Simpleng tao, walang yabang, nag-aaral." These were the words used by Senate Minority Leader Frankiln Drilon to describe former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, who, he added, had always made sure that he would not violate laws in every decision he made. President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III...
