With proper governance, life will improve for all.
The Philippines has vast minerals that are still untapped. It has one of the world's largest deposits of gold, nickel, copper and chromite. Through responsible mining, we intend to generate more revenues from the extraction of these resources.
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.
Strategic partnership is based on a shared set of values.
Pictorial is something that I am not used to. You have to pose, smile, bend your arm, straighten up, look to the left.
Anytime emotions are involved, you cannot come up with an impartial and objective assessment of any given problem.
I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.
The United States is a key ally, a strategic partner, and a reliable friend of the Philippines.
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.
My administration's compact with the Filipino people will demand no less than the attainment of lasting peace and equitable prosperity. We will employ all the tools at our disposal to achieve this.
Typhoon Haiyan showed the entire world how vulnerable the Philippines as well as other developing countries are to natural disasters.
When the Walkman was the craze in my generation, I was one of the first to have it.
I've talked to so many people, so many institutions, about how China works.
If my father Ninoy Aquino were alive today, he would say that he is not superman or superboy. In effect, heroes are really just ordinary people caught up in extraordinary times and respond properly.