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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
On behalf of and at the request of Atty. Leni G. Robredo, the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office is releasing her statement on the findings of the investigation of Jesse Robredo’s plane crash: * * * Sa simula pa lang, tiwala ako sa ating gobyerno sa pagsisigurong ang imbestigasyon ukol sa pagbagsak ng [...]
Tuesday, August 28, 2012, marks the last day of National Mourning for the late Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Jesse M. Robredo per Proclamation No. 461, s. 2012. At 10:00 a.m., a Concelebrated Requiem Mass will be officiated by Fr. Manuel Nicolas, SDB, and Fr. Kulandairaj Ambrose of the Missionaries of the Poor [...]
Today, August 27, 2012, the casket bearing the remains of the late Secretary Jesse M. Robredo departed Naga City Hall for the Basilica Minore de Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia. Departure honors were rendered by the Philippine National Police (PNP) at City Hall. The funeral cortege went around Naga City en route to the Basilica where [...]
