Aquino leads celebration of 66th foundation anniversary of Liberal Party
President Benigno S. Aquino led Friday the celebration of the Liberal Party’s (LP) 66th foundation anniversary saying he’s a proud member of the party that spearheads reform in the country.
“Sa Liberal Party… hindi natin ipagkakanulo ang ating tungkulin, hindi tayo malilihis ng landas ng prinsipyo, at hindi natin pagtataksilan ang taumbayan,” the President said in his message during the anniversary celebration held at Liberal Party headquarters in Cubao, Quezon City.
“Ang boss natin ay ang mamayang Pilipino. Kinikilala natin ang biyayang kaloob nila sa atin. Ang biyaya ng pagkakataong maglingkod sa kanila. HIndi po tayo nakalilimot sa ating sinumpaang tungkulin at tuwid na tuwid po ang takbo ng bangka ng bayan,” he added.
Under a president who is a Liberal Party member, President Aquino said the country starts the New Year with good news as the government inaugurates many businesses and investments that open more opportunities for Filipinos.
The reforms being initiated by the government started to take effect, according to the President adding this is good for the country because it increases investors’ confidence in putting their businesses in the Philippines.
The Liberal party membership has been increasing, the President said noting it is a good development because more sectors in the Philippines will be represented like farmers, urban poor, workers, women and youth.
“Ang Partido Liberal ay hindi isang pulutong ng mga pulitikong bingi sa pagtibok ng puso ng karaniwang tao, isa itong samahan, isa itong pamilya na binubuo ng mga Pilipinong walang ibang nais kundi ang maiangat ang antas ng lipunan sa pamamagitan ng pagtahak ng tuwid na daan,” he said.
“Karangalan ko pong maging kasapi ng isang partidong kumakatawan sa mga adhikain ng mamamayan. Karangalan kong tahakin ang landas ng katuwiran, katarungan at kaunlaran kasama kayo,” he continued.
The Liberal Party was founded on January 19, 1946 by Manuel Roxas, the first President of the Third Philippine Republic.
Among the well-known members of the Liberal Party who fought the Marcos dictatorship include Senators Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga. Many of its leaders and members were prosecuted and killed during the Marcos regime.
In 2000, the party stood against the corruption of the Estrada administration and in 2004 it withdrew its support from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo following the controversies of the presidential election that year.
Philippine presidents who came from the LP include Elpidio Quirino and Diosdado Macapagal. Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos were also former LP members who later became presidents after leaving the party.
Among the prominent personalities who joined the President during Friday’s event include House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Transportation and Communication Sec. Mar Roxas, Interior and Local Government Sec. Jessie Robredo, Rep. Neil Tupas, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, boxing champ and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, among others. (PCOO)
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Malacanang announces new appointments
Malacanang announced on Saturday the appointment of Dr. Emelita V. Almosara as executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
The Office of Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. announced the presidential appointment of Almosara, who served as National Historical Institute’s deputy executive director.
The Palace also announced the appointment of officials for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Mario L. de Leon Jr., Frank R. Cimafranca, and Irene Susan B. Natividad were appointed as chiefs of mission of the DFA.
Rodolfo M. Santos was named as acting Director IV of the DSWD.
The other appointees were Johnson G. Canete and Maria Criselda R. Sy as Directors IV of the DOLE.
Also appointed were Ma. Calpiza J. Sardua and Yvette T. Sunga as acting local government operations officers VIII. (PCOO)
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Govt agencies continue to work for benefit of people
Cooperation between national government agencies and local government units (LGUs) continues to produce materials and services that benefit the poor, the Palace said on Saturday.
In a statement, Deputy presidential spokesman Abigial Valte said they got a report from the City Government of Tagum saying it received P19.65-million worth of illegal timber seized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Davao region last year.
Through a Memorandum of Agreement between the Tagum City government, the DENR, and the Department of Education (DepEd), the logs were converted into school and hospital fixtures, as well as double-deck beds for soldiers and law enforcers.
“The report stated that about 12,000 of these school chairs, desks, and hospital beds have so far been distributed to our brothers and sisters in disaster-ravaged Davao Del Norte and Compostela Valley Province,” Valte said in the statement.
At same time, Valte also reported that the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) launched their Convergence on Tourism Infrastructure Program aimed at coordinating support for tourism-related businesses in local communities.
The program also forged tie ups between the two departments in constructing the roads throughout the Philippines to reach the country’s tourist sites.
Valte said this in preparation for the influx of 10 million foreign visitors targeted by the government by 2016, as well as ensuring that inclusive growth will redound to the marginalized.
“These reports are reminders of the sea-change in how we do things in this country: a nefarious practice transformed to aid those in dire need; a public-sector initiative rolled out to benefit those in the farthest margins.
The fight for transparency, accountability, inclusive growth, and good governance has many fronts—these stories tell us that we are winning in the fight,” she said. (PCOO)
President Benigno S. Aquino led Friday the celebration of the Liberal Party’s (LP) 66th foundation anniversary saying he’s a proud member of the party that spearheads reform in the country.
“Sa Liberal Party… hindi natin ipagkakanulo ang ating tungkulin, hindi tayo malilihis ng landas ng prinsipyo, at hindi natin pagtataksilan ang taumbayan,” the President said in his message during the anniversary celebration held at Liberal Party headquarters in Cubao, Quezon City.
“Ang boss natin ay ang mamayang Pilipino. Kinikilala natin ang biyayang kaloob nila sa atin. Ang biyaya ng pagkakataong maglingkod sa kanila. HIndi po tayo nakalilimot sa ating sinumpaang tungkulin at tuwid na tuwid po ang takbo ng bangka ng bayan,” he added.
Under a president who is a Liberal Party member, President Aquino said the country starts the New Year with good news as the government inaugurates many businesses and investments that open more opportunities for Filipinos.
The reforms being initiated by the government started to take effect, according to the President adding this is good for the country because it increases investors’ confidence in putting their businesses in the Philippines.
The Liberal party membership has been increasing, the President said noting it is a good development because more sectors in the Philippines will be represented like farmers, urban poor, workers, women and youth.
“Ang Partido Liberal ay hindi isang pulutong ng mga pulitikong bingi sa pagtibok ng puso ng karaniwang tao, isa itong samahan, isa itong pamilya na binubuo ng mga Pilipinong walang ibang nais kundi ang maiangat ang antas ng lipunan sa pamamagitan ng pagtahak ng tuwid na daan,” he said.
“Karangalan ko pong maging kasapi ng isang partidong kumakatawan sa mga adhikain ng mamamayan. Karangalan kong tahakin ang landas ng katuwiran, katarungan at kaunlaran kasama kayo,” he continued.
The Liberal Party was founded on January 19, 1946 by Manuel Roxas, the first President of the Third Philippine Republic.
Among the well-known members of the Liberal Party who fought the Marcos dictatorship include Senators Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga. Many of its leaders and members were prosecuted and killed during the Marcos regime.
In 2000, the party stood against the corruption of the Estrada administration and in 2004 it withdrew its support from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo following the controversies of the presidential election that year.
Philippine presidents who came from the LP include Elpidio Quirino and Diosdado Macapagal. Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos were also former LP members who later became presidents after leaving the party.
Among the prominent personalities who joined the President during Friday’s event include House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Transportation and Communication Sec. Mar Roxas, Interior and Local Government Sec. Jessie Robredo, Rep. Neil Tupas, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, boxing champ and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, among others. (PCOO)
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Malacanang announces new appointments
Malacanang announced on Saturday the appointment of Dr. Emelita V. Almosara as executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
The Office of Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. announced the presidential appointment of Almosara, who served as National Historical Institute’s deputy executive director.
The Palace also announced the appointment of officials for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Mario L. de Leon Jr., Frank R. Cimafranca, and Irene Susan B. Natividad were appointed as chiefs of mission of the DFA.
Rodolfo M. Santos was named as acting Director IV of the DSWD.
The other appointees were Johnson G. Canete and Maria Criselda R. Sy as Directors IV of the DOLE.
Also appointed were Ma. Calpiza J. Sardua and Yvette T. Sunga as acting local government operations officers VIII. (PCOO)
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Govt agencies continue to work for benefit of people
Cooperation between national government agencies and local government units (LGUs) continues to produce materials and services that benefit the poor, the Palace said on Saturday.
In a statement, Deputy presidential spokesman Abigial Valte said they got a report from the City Government of Tagum saying it received P19.65-million worth of illegal timber seized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Davao region last year.
Through a Memorandum of Agreement between the Tagum City government, the DENR, and the Department of Education (DepEd), the logs were converted into school and hospital fixtures, as well as double-deck beds for soldiers and law enforcers.
“The report stated that about 12,000 of these school chairs, desks, and hospital beds have so far been distributed to our brothers and sisters in disaster-ravaged Davao Del Norte and Compostela Valley Province,” Valte said in the statement.
At same time, Valte also reported that the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) launched their Convergence on Tourism Infrastructure Program aimed at coordinating support for tourism-related businesses in local communities.
The program also forged tie ups between the two departments in constructing the roads throughout the Philippines to reach the country’s tourist sites.
Valte said this in preparation for the influx of 10 million foreign visitors targeted by the government by 2016, as well as ensuring that inclusive growth will redound to the marginalized.
“These reports are reminders of the sea-change in how we do things in this country: a nefarious practice transformed to aid those in dire need; a public-sector initiative rolled out to benefit those in the farthest margins.
The fight for transparency, accountability, inclusive growth, and good governance has many fronts—these stories tell us that we are winning in the fight,” she said. (PCOO)
