President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo NewsTracker and Observations

Will JDV be Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's Chavit Singson?

2008-11-27T08:16:00.002+08:00

As history has shown us, Chavit Singson was instrumental to the downfall of former President Joseph Estrada. Will history repeat itself as Congressman Joe De Venecia (JDV) decided to burn bridges with long time ally President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.JDV already started and accused PGMA of bribery to block impeachment bids last year. Although such an incident has been widely speculated since the

Distractions to keep PGMA in power

2008-05-28T20:02:00.004+08:00

As aptly said by Arbet, there are lot of things happening that seem to serve as camouflage to distract Filipinos on the various issues at hand. As much as we all see it, we are also into this situation that we have to go on with our lives, day-by-day, surviving from one induced crisis to another.

Handling allies

2007-12-26T12:14:00.000+08:00

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is surely busy this week with so many concerns to note of that includes:Feelers are going around for the President to consider a Senator Richard Gordon and Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia administrative bet for 2010 elections. I think Gordon's temper is far more worst compared to PGMA.The President was also pissed off when former representative Romeo Jalosjos was

PGMA strengthen ties with India

2007-10-21T14:43:00.000+08:00

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited India early this month to pursue trade talks and strengthen the partnership between the two countries.

Reactions to PGMA's State of the Nation Address 2007

2007-07-29T15:04:00.000+08:00

There are a variety of reactions to the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the 1st regular session of the 14th Congress last July 23.For Senator Pia Cayetano, it appeared that PGMA's speech was like a Friendster list. “T speech sounded like a Who's Who list of the President's closest friends and allies and the infrastructure projects they had asked from her administration as reward

Improving Philippines broadband hounded with supplier politics

2007-07-24T06:25:00.000+08:00

One of the highlights in President Arroyo's 2007 State of the Nation Address was the improvement of broadband infrastructure and services in the country.The Philippine Senate is expected to initiate an investigation into the $330-million contract awarded by the Philippines’ Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to ZTE Corp. This is especially true now that records show that even

State of the Nation Address 2007

2007-07-23T10:06:00.000+08:00

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will be delivering her State of the Nation Address today. For Filipinos based abroad or those who don't have television in their office premises, Bitstop will do a live webcast.Your thoughts on the President's 2007 SONA are more than welcome.Thanks to Wilson Chua for the heads-up.

3 Reasons Why it Feels Great to be a Pinoy

2007-05-27T15:03:00.000+08:00

Aileen Apolo tagged me for this meme, "What are the 3 signs you see happening now that make you say, “it feels great to be Pinoy”. Afterwards, I will tag ten (10) blogger friends to do the same.Ok, why put it in this blog. First, I haven't been updating it for awhile as there's not much unique news that I can put in it that can't be found elsewhere. I don't just want to put negative stuff either.

GMA orders probe on military links to political killings

2007-01-31T07:33:00.000+08:00

President Arroyo ordered yesterday an investigation into allegations that the military was behind the deaths of political and human rights activists. After receiving the report of a fact-finding body tasked to look into the killings, Mrs. Arroyo said in a statement: "I deplore the killings, be they from left or right, against journalists or activists. We have a sorry history in our nation of

Crisis PR for PGMA

2006-12-23T17:08:00.000+08:00

GMA wants friendlier press relations in 2007. After a year of testy relations with the media, including members of the Malacañang press corps, President Arroyo hinted on Friday of a charm offensive for the New Year. (Manila Times)

PGMA directs agencies to sustain gains in IPR

2006-11-24T23:00:00.000+08:00

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lauded the government agencies involved in protecting and promoting intellectual property rights (IPR) as a critical component in the country’s socio-economic development by raising the level of competitiveness of Philippine business. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) removed the Philippines from the priority watch list in February

Are we growing or getting poorer?

2006-11-12T10:50:00.000+08:00

The President had a reason to be happy this week with the country's economic outlook recognized by getting a stable rating from the Moody's Investors Service. Although some groups claim that the widespread hunger in the country belies these claims of growth.I feel that the country is growing indeed when you see more and more businesses opening up. Although very few of those who failed or gave up

Life moves on for PGMA

2006-10-29T19:18:00.000+08:00

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is on a five-day visit to China. During this trip, she encourages Chinese businessmen to invest in the country and honored National Hero Jose Rizal. Several local government unit officials joined this trip for various reasons such as looking for ethanol production investors, among others.I wonder if the joint exploration of Spratlys Island will materialize and

PGMA rating gets better

2006-10-15T07:49:00.000+08:00

The Third Quarter 2006 Social Weather Survey finds 37% Satisfied and 48% Dissatisfied with the performance of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, for an unfavorable Net Satisfaction Rating of –11. [The number –11 should be read as “minus-eleven,” not as “negative-eleven”.]This is slightly up from the Second Quarter, which had 34% Satisfied and likewise 48% Dissatisfied, or Net –13, correctly

Welcome to PGMA blog!

2006-10-14T14:06:00.000+08:00

I've been monitoring news about President Arroyo regularly and hope to share them here in this blog. Enjoy!