Senator Mar Roxas warned that the country may be in for a “perfect storm” without a concrete survival plan, as he expressed concern over rising oil and rice prices, a recession in the United States, a global food shortage and its effects on the people’s purchasing power. Roxas, the Liberal Party President, noted that aside […]
Archive for March 2008
Sen. Roxas’ statement on the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Arturo Brion
March 18, 2008“The appointment of Secretary Arturo Brion to the Supreme Court is well-deserved. He has a clean record of public service and is well-respected in legal circles.” “Given Justice Brion’s unblemished record of public service, I am hopeful that he will fulfill his new mandate competently, fairly and with absolute fidelity to the Constitution. “He should […]
Sen. Roxas’ statement on the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Arturo Brion
March 18, 2008“The appointment of Secretary Arturo Brion to the Supreme Court is well-deserved. He has a clean record of public service and is well-respected in legal circles.” “Given Justice Brion’s unblemished record of public service, I am hopeful that he will fulfill his new mandate competently, fairly and with absolute fidelity to the Constitution. “He should […]
Roxas: Focus on solution to high oil prices, impending food crisis
March 18, 2008Senator Mar Roxas said the executive must immediately take stock of the situation of continued oil price hikes to record levels and an impending food crisis. He warned against any sense of complacency in the situation, as the price of oil is not seen to decrease after recently reaching $111 per barrel in the world […]
Photos of Sen. Mar Roxas during his latest Cebu visit
March 18, 2008Senator Mar Roxas serves some soup to a fellow marketgoer during breakfast at the Pinamungajan Public Market, where he recently held one of his regular palengke visits in which he gets to inspect prices of basic goods as well as equipment and facilities in the area, and mingle with the townsfolk in the wet market. […]
Why Mar Roxas for President in 2010?
March 16, 2008Be featured in my new blog!I had just launched a new blog called “Why Mar Roxas for President in 2010?” at http://whymarroxas.blogspot.com I really need your short essays on why Senator Mar Roxas deserves to be the next President of the Philippines. What you will write will enable other potential voters out there to be […]
Roxas: Concrete action from gov’t on oil price hikes needed now
March 13, 2008Senator Mar Roxas said that the executive must get its act together and ensure concrete measures to protect the consuming public in light of further spikes in local pump prices as oil prices worldwide continue to escalate, eventually affecting the prices of key commodities in the end. “The hardships our people were facing six months […]
Roxas: Concrete action from gov’t on oil price hikes needed now
March 13, 2008Senator Mar Roxas said that the executive must get its act together and ensure concrete measures to protect the consuming public in light of further spikes in local pump prices as oil prices worldwide continue to escalate, eventually affecting the prices of key commodities in the end. “The hardships our people were facing six months […]
Transcript of interview with Senator Mar Roxas during NBN hearing lunch break
March 12, 2008On Leo San Miguel’s testimony: MAR: I’d like to know what he has to say about the allegations of Madriaga. Basically Mr. San Miguel was invited here because Mr. Madriaga mentioned him 20, 30 times in the course of his testimony. According to Mr. Madriaga, Leo San Miguel this, Leo San Miguel that, so we […]
China affirms respect for RP domestic laws in commercial deals
March 12, 2008A top official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) today affirmed that it is the policy of Premier Wen Jiabao and the CPC that all Chinese firms must strictly abide by the domestic laws in the countries where they operate. According to Senator Mar Roxas, CPC International Department Vice Minister Liu Hongcai made the […]
Mar Roxas for President in 2010 