Exactly 70 days ago, President Benigno Simeon ?Noynoy? C. Aquino III became the Philippines? 15th president, triggering a contagion of hopefulness among Filipinos with his battle cry, ?Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap.? But while his first two months in office marked vigorous efforts to address the first part ? filing suit against alleged tax evaders nearly [...]
In his message that accompanies the proposed budget for 2011, President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III notes that the allocation for health is 13.6 percent higher than 2010?s P29.3 billion ? which is enrolled in the 2010 General Appropriations Act to be only P28.7 billion. Yet if one were to compare health?s share of the budget [...]
In the next fortnight, President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III will fly to the United States ? his first trip out of the country as chief executive ? in part to attend the United Nations General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals or MDGs. But he may have little reason to celebrate in New York where [...]