Presidential sokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the Aquino administration wants to reorganize the NFA to arrest the agency's ballooning debt, improve the delivery of services, and fast-track the administration's goal of lowering rice importation to make the country rice sufficient in two years.
Former First Lady and incumbent Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos on Monday said she is hoping for a peaceful solution to the political crisis in Libya, as she spoke fondly of its beleaguered leader, Muammar Gaddafi, whom she said "respected" her.
When Quezon City firemen responded to a call before dawn Monday, they were surprised on what they saw: wild and exotic animals.
A government inter-agency team is currently studying two foreign laws on information in order for the executive branch to come up with a Freedom of Information bill, a Malacañang official said Monday.
A lawmaker on Monday said the $1,000 (over P43,000) that will be given to the human rights victims during the Marcos regime is only "minuscule" compared to the Marcos clan's supposed ill-gotten wealth.
(Updated 8:16 p.m.) On the day before the justice panel of the House of Representatives resumed its impeachment proceedings against her, Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez on Monday asked the Supreme Court to overturn its ruling that legitimized the committee's bid to impeach her.
President Benigno Aquino III on Monday said he has no plans of asking Congress for emergency powers - at least for now - even in light of the possible effects of the ongoing crisis in Libya to the country's economy.
(Updated 8:00 p.m.) Ilocos Sur Rep. Ronald Singson will resign from his post this week after he was convicted of drug charges in Hong Kong, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said on Monday. Belmonte also said he will instruct the House committee on electoral reforms and suffrage to pass a resolution asking the Comelec to call for special elections in Singson's legislative district.
Malacañang and Congress are in favor of postponing the scheduled elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in August, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said Monday.
Makati City now has its own People Power sculpture: a life-size statue with raised hands flashing the "Laban" sign.