Background: The internship program of the PCDSPO provides a unique opportunity for university students to gain more experience in public service and to further understand the policy directions of the Aquino administration. By working closely with the men and women who are tasked to craft the messages of the President, our interns are exposed to [...]
In honor of the President, on his birthday, the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office is releasing the first volume of the Thirty Best Speeches of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III as an e-publication. This volume covers two years, from June 2010 to June 2012. Below is the foreword written by Secretary Carandang: There is [...]
In honor of the President, on his birthday, the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office is releasing the first volume of the Thirty Best Speeches of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III as an e-publication. This volume covers two years, from June 2010 to June 2012. Below is the introduction prepared by the Speech Writers Group [...]
Manila, the seat of colonial political power in the Philippines, spawned 16 geographical districts—known as arabales, or suburbs—mostly drawn up during the colonial period. One of the busiest and most important of these arabales is Quiapo, situated north of the Pasig River. Originally a residential area for Manileños with means, the district evolved to become [...]
On January 24, 2013, Communications Secretary Ramon A. Carandang held a press briefing at Davos, about President Benigno S. Aquino III’s meeting with Mme. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director the International Monetary Fund; the President’s participation at the private reception on “Partnering Against Corruption Initiative” and his discussion of the Philippines’ anti-corruption efforts; and the [...]
The commemoration of the 80th birth anniversary of President Corazon C. Aquino, led by the Presidential Museum and Library and the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office: The administration of Corazon C. Aquino reinstituted and fostered a nation’s democracy, its first incarnation having been a nonviolent revolution that seized from a fading dictator the reins [...]
“By working with enterprises like Google, we intend to show the world that private and public sectors can bring about meaningful reform in society. We are not playing around; all our efforts redound to an informed nation, an elevated public discourse, and a people better focused on nation building.” On January 23, 2013, Communications Undersecretary [...]
For Rizal Day 2012 and the 75th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the National Language—both commemorated on the 30th of December 2012—the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) released re-rendered photographs of Jose Rizal and President Manuel L. Quezon–the first from an ongoing series of digitally colorizing black-and-white photographs of Philippine history. In [...]
The holiday season is bringing with it more than the usual jingle jangle of holiday cheer. We’re glad to share a bit of holiday cheer with readers–see Ecstatic Palace calls PH ‘a roaring lion of Asia’ over GDP growth from the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Here’s Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda with the good news: “The Philippine economy [...]
This book honors a dedicated public servant, in the hope that his life and career will serve as an inspiration and challenge to the Jesse M. Robredos of the future. Just as the death of Ninoy Aquino inspired Jesse to enter public life, we hope that Jesse’s story, and the manner in which the nation [...]
