Let me make it clear: The Disbursement Allocation Program is not pork barrel. Of the DAP releases in 2011 and 2012, only nine percent was disbursed for projects suggested by legislators. The DAP is not theft. Theft is illegal. Benigno Aquino III Read Quote
Both President Obama and I shared the conviction that territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia Pacific region should be settled peacefully based on international law. We affirm that arbitration is an open, friendly and peaceful approach to seeking a just and durable solution. Benigno Aquino III Read Quote
The Philippines is strategically located and blessed with the greatest resource: its people, who are hard-working, very loyal, and very adaptive. Benigno Aquino III Read Quote
I started out in public service in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis of ’97. Benigno Aquino III Read Quote
I have to study, study, and study because I have to learn everything. Everyone expects me to be an expert on everything. Benigno Aquino III Read Quote
Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current projection of 3.3 million tourist arrivals in 2010, our aim is to eventually attract 6 million tourists. In the process, we expect to create 3 million jobs in the next six years. Benigno Aquino III Read Quote
Peace in the Middle East is of prime importance to the Philippines, due to the presence of around 2 million of our countrymen working in that region. Benigno Aquino III Read Quote
When I was a congressman, I had occasion to talk to this group of students who were taking their seat. There were about 80 of them and I asked them, ‘How many of you will be serving in the country once you graduate?’ And, out of the 80, there were two that raised their hands. The rest were thinking of leaving. Benigno Aquino III Read Quote
