Officials from the Philippines and Indonesia recently met to gear up for the delimitation of continental shelf boundary between the two countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Maritime and Oceans Affairs Maria Angela A. Ponce...
Agri-food products of the Philippines were a hit in South Korea as almost 60,000 guests went to visit the four-day exhibition of local products held in October. PH FOOD PRODUCTS PROMOTION-- Almost 60,000 guests went to visit the Philippine pavilion which showcased various agri-food products from...
Malacañang supports the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board's (MTRCB) move of asking Netflix Inc. to yank from its list the episodes of “Pine Gap" that showed the inaccurate nine-dash line martime claim of China. Malacañang Palace (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
Close to 60 overseas Filipinos were recently brought back to the Philippines from Bahrain, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. BACK HOME -- Overseas Filipinos, who are detainees, overstaying, wards at the Embassy Shelter, and with medical conditions were repatriated to the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque is certain that Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) stalwarts will comprise most of the members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) who will be designated by Malacañang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) Roque...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes that the ongoing climate change conference in Glasgow is the world's "last-ditch effort" to come up with climate solutions to save the planet. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "This is the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has once again downplayed the drop in President Duterte's satisfaction rating, saying it's still high when compared with that of his predecessors. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "Ibang klase po talaga itong si Presidente Duterte. Bagama't may...
The alert level 4 placed in the whole of Iraq for overseas Filipinos has been downgraded to level 3 following improvements in the foreign land's security situation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) From alert level 4, which...
The Philippines through its Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has ordered the removal of the episodes showing a map of China’s so-called nine-dash line from the political drama "Pine Gap." (Screengrab from YouTube) Netflix Inc., the popular video streaming platform...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, Nov. 2, disclosed that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases is studying the possibility of finally ending the face shield policy. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday, Nov. 2 that at least 100,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were affected by the fire that hit the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Government Center in Pagadian City. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA...
Vice President Leni Robredo's camp on Tuesday, Nov. 2, expressed gratitude to DZRH station manager Cesar Chavez for apologizing over a false radio report that claimed Robredo’s supporters in Northern Samar were offered money to join the "pink motorcade". Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP)...
