MANILA - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will discuss with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next year's elections and the “smooth turnover of power" in 2010, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said Saturday.
MANILA - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will be resigning as national chair of the ruling party, Lakas-Kampi-CMD, and will be turning over the party leadership to its standard-bearer Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., Malacañang announced on Saturday.
MANILA - House Speaker Prospero Nograles on Saturday assured there will be a quorum in the House of Representatives as the lower chamber's leadership lined up priority measures to be tackled when Congress resumes session on Monday.
MANILA - Business tycoon Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco Jr. on Friday denied that he is involved in the Nationalist People's Coalition's (NPC) talks with other political parties for the 2010 national elections.
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she will travel to the Philippines next week to "show solidarity" with the storm-battered nation, just after her visits to Singapore and Berlin.