The House of Representatives has passed on second reading the proposed “Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act". (MANILA BULLETIN) Approved via simple voice vote during plenary session Tuesday afternoon, Jan.24 was House Bill (HB) No. 6574. The measure is a consolidation of...
Please don't get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news or updates from "Marites". (Ben White/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this appeal Tuesday, Jan. 25 as he--for the nth time--tried to dispell misleading information about COVID-19 that's being...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo has hit at her critics who call her weak because she is a woman, saying strength is determined by how you make your choices. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo courtesy of the OVP) "Laging sinasabi ng iba, ‘Ay mahina ‘yan kasi babae ‘yan.'(They...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion has made an aggressive pitch for the government to return to "pre-Omicron" protocols, especially when it comes to arriving international travelers. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “We should revert back to...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo said that she is not afraid in joining presidential interviews which, she said, is actually a platform for her to confront relevant national issues. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo courtesy of the OVP) "Wala naman kasi akong tinatago, so bakit ako...
If elected president, Vice President Leni Robredo will empower local fishing communities in the country by providing them much-needed resources to keep them operationalize, taking inspiration from a thriving mangrove rehabilitation project in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay. (Photo courtesy of the...
President Duterte's upcoming revelations about the 2022 presidential aspirants will be backed by "vetted intelligence reports" to which only the Chief Executive would have access. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from The Cabinet Secretariat Facebook page) Cabinet Secretary and Acting...
Senatorial candidate and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel "Chel" Diokno stressed on Tuesday, Jan. 25, that public officials and employees are duty bound to make their statement of assets and liabilities and net worth (SALN) public to prevent them from amassing ill-gotten wealth. Human rights lawyer...
President Duterte tried to convince New People’s Army (NPA) members to lay down their guns and surrender to the government by speaking of how wicked firearms are. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) But first, Duterte admitted to having a gun collection himself. And he happens to have a...
President Duterte said that he is open to giving vaccines to New People’s Army (NPA) members so that they won't catch the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) However, Duterte--speaking in his weekly "Talk to the People" public briefing--said that the...
Noting that "it's his job to tell the truth," President Duterte said during his latest "Talk to the People" that he would soon reveal some dirt on the presidential aspirants in the upcoming May polls. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "I will personally name the candidates and maybe...
