Philippines President Benigno Aquino has called for calm and has sent his foreign minister to Malaysia.
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Not since the 1983 assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. has the nation been so polarized.
Last week, Bolkiah flew to Manila, partly to discuss the summit agenda with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, considered tough on foreign policy, watched his coalition win midterm legislative elections last week.
The foreign minister said it was up to President Benigno Aquino to make the final decision on a pull-out.
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Philippines President Benigno Aquino has signed into law a bill providing for free access to contraception and family planning.
"The death of Osama bin Laden should not lull us into complacency, " said President Benigno Aquino III in a statement.
In Manila, Philippine President Benigno Aquino confirmed that the observers were safe and that the negotiations about their release were ongoing.
Later in the afternoon, the President will welcome President Benigno Aquino of the Philippines to the White House for a bilateral meeting.
The President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino has signed a new human rights law on the abduction of individuals by state officials.
New Philippine President Benigno Aquino has made his first State of the Nation address, giving a withering critique of his predecessor, Gloria Arroyo.
President Benigno Aquino has said that bringing her to justice is a key part of his anti-corruption campaign, says the BBC's Kate McGeown in Manila.
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Thousands of political rivals -- including his nemesis Benigno Aquino -- languished in jail, and a war was being waged in the south against Muslim separatists.
Philippines President Benigno Aquino has warned a clan leader that he must end a stand-off involving armed supporters who are occupying a remote part of Malaysia's Sabah province.
The Philippine variant of this kind of politics exhibits some familiar features Benigno Aquino was assassinated, Ferdinand Marcos died in exile but it has yet to develop fully into a multi-generational affair.
The framework deal was signed by the chief negotiators of the government and the rebels, and witnessed by President Benigno Aquino and MILF leader Murad Ebrahim at the presidential palace in Manila.
Lawmakers in two chambers of the Congress last week agreed on a text of the compensation bill, which is set to be officially ratified this week and signed by President Benigno Aquino III.
She has denied all the charges and has accused President Benigno Aquino - who said that bringing her to justice is part of his anti-corruption campaign - of having a vendetta towards her, says the BBC's Kate McGeown in Manila.
The presidential office of Philippine President Benigno Aquino conveyed a message from the president of "deep sympathy, concern, and solidarity with the people of Boston, where he and his family had found refuge during martial law, and which so many Filipinos call home".
The high-powered production also makes impressive use of lighting and sound design, most notably in a pair of stunning scenes: the unforgettable return to the Philippines of opposition leader Benigno Aquino (Conrad Ricamora) and the dramatic 1986 evacuation of the Marcos family during the "People Power" revolution.
The Philippine government said Tuesday it had tried bring a peaceful end to the standoff by sending Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario to Malaysia urge restraint, while Philippine President Benigno Aquino III twice appeared on national television in recent days to urge Mr. Kiram's followers to lay down their arms and end their quest.
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