A Time of Challenge to the Nation

“A Time of Challenge to the Nation” Message to the Interim Batasang Pambansa Of His Excellency Ferdinand E. Marcos President of the Philippines [July 28, 1980] Mr. Speaker, distinguished Members of the Batasang Pambansa, Mr. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and members of that highest tribunal of the Judiciary, Your Excellencies of the Diplomatic […]

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988. Republic Act 6657

CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY CHAPTER SECTION 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988. SECTION 2. Declaration of Principles and Policies. – It is the policy of the State to pursue a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The welfare of the landless farmers and farm workers will receive […]

President Noynoy’s First SONA

PANIMULA Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay; Chief Justice Renato Corona; Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; my fellow workers in government; Mga minamahal kong kababayan: Sa bawat sandali po ng […]

Noynoy Aquino’s covenant with the Philippine Nation

Minamahal kong kababayan. Tadhana ang nagbuklod sa atin. Dahil naghihingalo na ang ating bayan. Nais kong pumasok sa isang kasunduan sa inyo: Lalaban tayo para sa wastong edukasyon ng bawat batang pilipino. Lalaban tayo para sa abot kayang serbisyong pangkalusugan. Lalabanan natin ang kahirapan. Lalabanan natin ang mga kawatan. Lalabanan natin ang sino mang wawasak […]

We are in a good place to survive global crisis

By Corazon P. Guidote Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 01:59:00 03/15/2009 (The author is an economist.) MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos are in excellent condition to survive and to grow out of this global economic crisis. Fundamentally, our economy is resilient, borne by a spirit of self-empowerment and resourcefulness. We are in a place where people […]