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No cost to govt, PCO says of ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ branding drive that draws cheers, jeers
THE logo for the newly launched “Bagong Pilipinas (New Philippines)” branding campaign of the Marcos administration was done at no cost to the government.
Lawmaker backs govt’s tack to build 6M houses for poor
THE Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) will tie up not only with local government units (LGUs) but with private contractors and developers as well in building six million affordable shelters, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday.
Ninoy’s trip to America
PRESIDENT Marcos approved Ninoy’s trip to American on May 8, 1980, with the First Lady facilitating it. On May 7, two days after doctors at the Philippine Heart Center for Asia diagnosed his ailment, Ninoy sought the President’s permission to leave for America for medical treatment. At the time, Ninoy’s mother, Doña Aurora, had a petition for habeas corpus pending with the Supreme Court. President Marcos, therefore, had to endorse Ninoy’s request to the High Tribunal. The Court immediately acted on the endorsement, giving the request its imprimatur the following day.
Ninoy’s letter to Mrs. Marcos
THE book, A Country Imperiled-Tragic Lessons of a Distorted History, written by this writer and published recently by Amazon, one of the world’s largest publishing houses, reconstructed the late Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino Jr.’s politically meaningful activities as a self-exile.