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 [...]
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 [...]
Statement of Secretary of Communications Ramon A. Carandang On revisions to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Executive Order No. 79, s. 2012 At a meeting today called by President Aquino, the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) agreed to revise sections 3, 7, and 9 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of E.O. No. 79, [...]
Statement of Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda: On Proclamation No. 460, s. 2012, declaring National Days of Mourning over the passing of Secretary Jesse M. Robredo Upon his return to Manila, President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Proclamation No. 460 s. 2012, which provides for the following: August 21, until the day of the interment of the [...]
Statement of Secretary Edwin Lacierda: On Memorandum Circular No. 36 Today, the Executive Secretary issued Memorandum Circular No. 36, creating a committee to take charge of the funeral arrangements and interment of the late Jesse M. Robredo, Secretary of the Interior and Local Government. This committee is composed of representatives from the DILG, Office of the [...]
Statement of Secretary of Communications Ramon A. Carandang On the erroneous report of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism On August 16, 2012, the PCIJ apologized for an erroneous report in which it accused me of making a joke about a lack of a need for a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. The PCIJ attributed the [...]
Statement of Secretary of Communications Ramon A. Carandang On the Senate Hearings on the Sin Tax Reform Bill The Senate began committee hearings today on the bill rationalizing excise taxes on liquor and tobacco products. If passed, this bill could raise revenues of over 31 billion pesos in its first year of implementation. These funds [...]
Statement of Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda On Memorandum Circular No. 34 [August 8, 2012] Memorandum Circular 34 has just been issued by Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr., suspending all classes on August 9, 2012 in all levels—including postgraduate courses—in the following areas: the National Capital Region, Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, [...]
Last night, National Geographic issued a statement on the airing of an earlier, and not final, version of its documentary, Inside Malacañang, last Sunday. As pointed out by the statement, what took place was the airing of the wrong version of the documentary. This had been communicated on March 19 by Jude Turcuato, Vice President/Territory [...]
Communications Secretary Ramon Carandang: On Ramon Jimenez starting work as Secretary of Tourism [Delivered at Malacañang on September 1, 2011] Ramon Reyes Jimenez Jr. has been appointed by President Aquino as Acting Secretary of the Department of Tourism. Mon Jimenez, as he is known to his peers, has been in the field of marketing communications for a total [...]
