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Philippines President Benigno Aquino III. Pic: AP.

After Labor Day: Philippines to raise salaries… of president, top officials

By Tonyo Cruz Thu, May 03, 2012 1:58PM UTC View Comments

Philippines President Benigno Aquino’s Labor Day rejection of workers’ demands for a much-deserved wage hike has been heightened by news that he, along with Vice President Jojo Binay and other top government officials, is set to receive a salary increase in a few months. Labor groups of all stripes, from the conservative Trade Union Congress...

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Philippines: Is Hacienda Luisita no more?

By Edwin Espejo Wed, Apr 25, 2012 9:22AM UTC View Comments

President Corazon Aquino, right, discusses some points with Agrarian Reform Secretary Philip Juico, left, pictured in January 1988 before signing an agreement placing her family-owned 6,000 hectare (15,067-acre) Hacienda Luisita sugar plantation under land reform. Pic: AP.

One of the vestiges of the country’s feudal past is finally coming to an end. Or is it really? On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled with finality to award the vast tracts of land owned by the Cojuangco side of the family of President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aqujino III to their tenants and farm workers, more...

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Philippine court orders breakup of Aquino hacienda

By AP News Tue, Apr 24, 2012 6:24PM UTC View Comments

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine Supreme Court has ruled to break up the sugar estate owned by the president’s relatives and distribute it to thousands of farmers following decades of unrest and unfinished land reform. Tuesday’s decision is politically charged because President Benigno Aquino III has called on the head of the Supreme Court...

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Secret’s out: Philippine president dating Korean

By AP News Wed, Feb 01, 2012 8:45AM UTC View Comments

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. The Philippines’ bachelor president, Benigno Aquino III, told reporters Wednesday that, yes, he is dating again. This time it’s a South Korean woman who grew up in Manila and works there as a TV show host and radio disc jockey. Twenty-nine-year-old Grace Lee said on...

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Noynoy’s gamble: Philippines impeachment trial

By Asia Sentinel Tue, Jan 17, 2012 6:42PM UTC View Comments

Cleaning the stables or personal vendetta? asks Asia Sentinel’s Criselda Yabes The start of the historic impeachment trial of Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona may play out to be a high-risk political move by President Benigno Aquino III, who remains popular in his second year in office. The trial, which began Monday on...

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