Category Archives: Letters

Correspondence of the Chief Executive, of an official or personal nature, of significance meriting publication for the historical record.

Letter to President Aquino from the European Union, December 20, 2011

The Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines presents its compliments to the Protocol Office of the President and has the honour to transmit herewith a message from President Jose Manuel Barroso to President Benigno S. Aquino LTI, conveying the sympathy and solidarity of the European Commission following the tragic consequences of Tropical Storm Washi, which hit the Southern Philippines. Continue reading

Letter to President Aquino from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, December 19, 2011

The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China presents its compliments to the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, and has the honor to request the latter to kindly forward the letters from H.E. Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, to H.E. Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines, and from H.E. Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, to Hon. Albert F. Del Rosario, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines. Continue reading

Letter to President Aquino from President of the People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao, December 18, 2011

I learned with deep shock that the southern Philippines was battered by strong tropical storms, causing immense loss of life and property. On behalf of the Chinese Government and people, I would like to extend to Your Excellency, and through you, my sincere sympathy to the Philippine Government and people, and my profound condolences to the victims. Continue reading

Letter of President Aquino to the Japanese Prime Minister, expressing condolences for the earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011

The Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the entire Filipino nation join me in expressing both our most profound condolences and sympathies, as well as our solidarity with Your Excellency and the people of Japan, as you strive to cope with this tragedy whose devastation, it pains us, are still unfolding. Continue reading

Letter of President Aquino to the SC in support of live coverage of the Maguindanao Massacre trial

I have added my voice in support of those who have petitioned the Supreme Court to permit television and radio broadcast of the trial. It is my earnest hope that the Supreme Court will, within the many considerations that enter into such a historic deliberation, attend to this petition with the dispatch, dispassion and humaneness, such a petition merits. Continue reading

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