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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Servant leader in slippers The late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo may be going out a trendsetter, as one of his Cabinet colleagues cited him for his "tsinelas leadership." Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said this stemmed from Robredo's...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesSoon the three-kilometer boulevard that cuts across four populous villages and overlooks the Masbate Pass, where the plane carrying Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo crashed on August 16, will be known as Jesse M. Robredo Boulevard, Masbate...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesIt was a bittersweet moment for Margarita Bahinting, widow of Captain Jessup Bahinting, when she received a posthumous Lifesaver's Award on behalf of her husband. Sweetheart, I'm receiving this award on your behalf and I will continue...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
In Manila, some mourners who lined up near Malacanan Palace bought memorabilia ranging from T-shirts with Robredo's image, to yellow umbrellas, according to a report on Balitanghali. Some of the shirts had the message We love you alongside the image...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he was not qualified to replace the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo. Duterte, a close ally of President Aquino, made the comment following reports he was among two Mindanao leaders short-listed for...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte made the reassurance amid reports that some groups are lobbying for the post left by Robredo, who died in a plane crash last Aug. 18. The president has always made his decision based on his personal...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Robredo died in a plane crash last Aug. 18. On Friday evening, ordinary folk braved the rain and stood in line at Malacanang to pay their respects to Robredo. The Palace had allowed the ordinary Filipinos to enter at 8 p.m., an hour later than...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
32pm The day Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo will be buried on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, is a special non-working holiday in Naga City, Camarines Sur, Malacanang announced Friday. According to Bulletin No.
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesThe room was filled with uniformed pilots and flight school students that one would think it was another graduation ceremony for the Aviatour Air flight school here. But there was no diploma to be given, no medals to be awarded and,...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesPresident Beningo Aquino on Friday morning received the remains of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo at Malacanan Palace where it will lie in state for two days after being flown from Naga City. Aquino, together with Robredo's widow,...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Secretary Jesse Robredo whose body was found on Aug. 21 180 ft. under the sea, after the fateful plane crash on Aug. 18...Most of the content was comprised mostly of press releases and announcements...Note the sections on "Transparency at Work",...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
01pm Even the Supreme Court has joined in honoring the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo through a memorial Mass in Manila on Friday, following the arrival of his remains in Malacanang shortly before noon...Victoria Gleoresty Guerra said: "[There...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Robredo body to arrive in Manila Friday morning, to lie in state in Malacanang August 24, 2012 4:26am Students and employees of the Department of Education will line the route to be taken by the convoy of the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Moments before his plane plunged into the sea off Masbate island on Saturday, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo was telling his wife, Leni, on his cell phone: Ma, just a moment, I am just attending to something. I will call you back. Robredo's voice...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Mrs. Bahinting expressed dismay at the reports that her husband was found on the right side of the cockpit, saying this was erroneous. Bahinting, the wife of Captain Jessup Bahinting, chairman and executive officer of Aviatour Air, expressed dismay...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesFishermen on Thursday retrieved the body of Nepali student pilot Kshitiz Chand as police began an investigation into the tragic plane crash that killed Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo and the aircraft's owner. Police officials said...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesInterior Secretary Jesse Robredo would have wanted to be laid to rest in his hometown of Naga City in Camarines Sur. For this reason, his widow Leni has declined the government's offer to bury her husband in the Libingan ng mga Bayani (...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Secretary Jesse Robredo, who died in a plane crash last Saturday. In House Resolution 2687, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and five other House leaders said Robredo should be recognized for his 24 years of exceptional public service. ...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesAll talk about a possible replacement for Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo should cease until after the esteemed public official has been laid to rest, one of his party mates said Thursday. Deputy House Speaker...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Maria Leonor Robredo said she was even thankful to Senior Inspector Jun Paulo Abrasado for serving her husband well. "May nababasa ako against him (I've read some not-so-positive articles about Abrazado) but whoever is prepared for a plane crash?"...
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Arab News
| 10 months ago
Filipinos around the world expressed grief and sympathy over the death of Jesse Robredo, secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Divers retrieved his body yesterday morning, three days after his Piper Seneca plane crashed...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Jessup Bahinting, which arrived at about 8 a.m. at the Mactan International Airport in Cebu, radio dzBB's Cebu affiliate reported. Bahinting's widow Margarita led the relatives who waited for the remains at the airport...Also waiting at the airport...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Robredo remains to be brought to Malacanang's Kalayaan Hall August 23, 2012 8:06am The remains of the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo will be brought to Malacanang's Kalayaan Hall upon arrival in Manila on Friday, the Palace announced Thursday.
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
He said he would have left the night before but he could not have landed at Masbate City Airport then. Given 5 minutes PSG took over Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin explained during the hearing that at that time, the PSG had taken over the area...
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Arab News
| 10 months ago
Philippine officials say divers have recovered the body of the pilot of a light plane that crashed into the sea over the weekend, killing a prominent Cabinet secretary. Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin says divers yesterday found the body of the...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Robredo Awards for Good Governance' proposed 2:06 am Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 The Late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo. If there's an Oscar for great films or a Grammy for best song then why not a Jesse' for good governance? Deputy Speaker Erin...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
It wouldn't matter whether the late Jesse Robredo is confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA), even if posthumously, as interior and local government secretary, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said on Wednesday. Whether he was confirmed...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Quezon City is strictly off limits and under guard by at least 8 members of the Presidential Security Group. His desk has been left untouched with papers on top of his desk awaiting his signature. Heeding the request of the widow of Interior...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
24pm Following Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo's death in a plane crash, lawmakers on Wednesday urged Malacanang to beef up modes of transportation for top government officials. House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said the...
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Kuwait Times
| 10 months ago
Philippine President Benigno Aquino (back left) watches as policemen carry the flag-draped casket containing the body of the late interior minister Jesse Robredo shortly after arriving from Masbate at Naga city airport yesterday. The Philippines was...