120 Australian scholarships open for Filipino leaders and achievers
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Bill Tweddell announced the opening of applications for Australia Awards for Development at the Masters and PhD levels in Australia for 2013. At least 120 post-graduate scholarships will be available to high-achieving Filipinos to study in leading Australian universities. “The Development Awards, through extensive scholarship programs, aim to contribute to [...]
President Benigno S. Aquino III extended his condolences to the family of former Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes, saying he was shocked by reports of the latter’s apparent suicide. “Nagulat tayo sa pangyayari at nakikiramay tayo sa pamilya ni Secretary Reyes,” the President said in an ambush interview when he visited the medical and dental missions [...]
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MANILA, Dec. 21 — Detained Senator Antonio Trillanes finally gained his freedom after nearly seven years in detention for his involvement in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny and the 2007 Manila Peninsula Hotel siege. According to Trillanes’s counsel, Reynaldo Robles, the neophyte lawmaker was released from the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame at [...]
Continue reading …MANILA, Dec. 20 – The death toll in the fire that hit a budget hotel in Tuguegarao City on Sunday rose to 16 as another victim succumbed to massive body injuries on Monday at a local hospital, a police official said. Tuguegarao City police chief Supt. Pedro Martirez said that Julius Gadduang, also a nursing [...]
Continue reading …MANILA, Dec. 15 – The powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed at the plenary session on Wednesday the appointments of four Cabinet members of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Secretaries Alberto Lim of the Department of Tourism, Armin Luistro of Education, Proceso Alcala of Agriculture, and Rogelio Singson of Public Works and Highways became the [...]
Continue reading …PNoy confers 2010 Presidential Awards to 24 Filipino individuals, organizations overseas
16 December 2010 No CommentFIL-AUSSIE ROTARIAN RUTH CARLOS-MARTINEZ AMONG AWARDEES MANILA (4 December) — President Benigno S. Aquino III is set to honor at the Malacanang Palace on December 14, 2010 the recipients of the 2010 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas. The awardees composed of seven Filipino organizations, one foreign group, three foreigners and 13 Filipinos [...]
Continue reading …MANILA, Dec. 15 — President Benigno S. Aquino III conferred the Presidential Awards on 13 overseas Filipino individuals, seven organizations, three foreigners and one foreign group for their continued compassion, diligence and hard work, and efforts to help promote and uplift the image of the Philippines here and abroad. The Chief Executive urged the recipients [...]
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By C. Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, Dec. 14 — The son of a former senator and one of the accused in the Vizconde massacre, Hubert Webb, was freed Tuesday, looking forward to spending Christmas in his own home and with his family. At the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City, relatives and friends as [...]
Continue reading …By Perfecto Raymundo MANILA, Dec. 14 — Voting 7-4, the Supreme Court (SC) En Banc on Tuesday acquitted Hubert Jeffrey Webb and six others in the Vizconde massacre case in 1991. Others acquitted were Antonio Lejano, Michael Gatchalian, Hospicio Fernandez, Miguel Rodriguez, Peter Estrada and Gerardo Biong. In a press conference, SC Spokesman and Court [...]
Continue reading …MANILA, Dec. 4 – Malacañang said on Saturday that it was happy that Australia and France have heeded the call of President Benigno S. Aquino III to amend their travel advisories last Nov.2 against the Philippines based on solid facts. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in an interview with Radyo ng Bayan that the [...]
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