Benigno Aquino III, in full
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, also called
Noynoy, (born February 8, 1960, Manila, Philippines), Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines (2010–16) and was the scion of a famed political family.
He was the son of Corazon Aquino, who served as president of the Philippines (1986–92), and political leader Benigno Simeon Aquino, Jr. themselves the children of politically connected families. The elder Benigno, an opposition figure to Pres. Ferdinand Marcos who was imprisoned when the younger Benigno was a child, was released and allowed to go to the United States in 1980. The following year the younger Benigno, after graduating from Ateneo de Manila University with a bachelor’s degree in economics, followed his family to Boston. His father returned to the Philippines in 1983 intending to challenge Marcos for the presidency but was assassinated immediately on arrival. The family nevertheless returned to the country soon af
Prolonged closure of schools and longer delays in the resumption of face-to-face classes would translate to “heavier academic and economic losses” which would be “disastrous” for the country’s education system and economy, advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) warned.
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By MARGARET CLAIRE LAYUG, GMA News
Published February 22, 2021 7:25pm Close to 70 groups from the private sector have partnered with the government s Task Force Zero Hunger (TFZH) to launch Pilipinas Kontra Gutom (PKG), a multi-sectoral movement with the goal to lift one million Filipinos from hunger by next year. The anti-hunger initiative s 2021 work plan was outlined during a virtual media launch on Monday. Key areas of concern include farmer assistance, sustainable nutrition programs, disaster response, and food banking. This is the principle of the PKG movement solving the problem of hunger must be a collective responsibility and an imperative for all of us, said Cabinet Secretary and TFZH head Karlo Nograles.
Published February 17, 2021, 5:30 AM
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) announced that it has distributed over 70,000 “nutribuns” to poor communities as part of its ongoing efforts to provide food aid for Filipinos struggling to cope with the impact of the pandemic.
“It’s been almost a year since the pandemic started, and while we have made a lot of headway in terms of addressing the spread of the COVID-19 virus, its economic impact continues to be felt today by almost all sectors of society, particularly the vulnerable,” said SMC President Ramon S. Ang.
He noted that, “Access to food and basic nutrition is still an issue, especially for our poorest families. This is why we have continued our nutribun distribution program which we started September last year to this day.