The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday, July 12, launched a microsite with resources related to the 2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea, which ruled the Philippines' territorial integrity over the West Philippine Sea, in time for the commemoration of the award's 7th anniversary....
Senator Francis N. Tolentino on Wednesday, July 5, warned that allowing the local screening of the motion picture Barbie would only lead to injurious consequences to the prestige of the Republic of the Philippines. “This will not just be an injurious to the Republic of the Philippines but would be...
The Philippines and China have agreed to adhere to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific as both countries find ways to settle their differences amid their maritime row. Manila and Beijing expressed their commitment as...
The Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development is fine-tuning a bill giving an advance cash gift of P10,000 to 80- to 90-year-old senior citizens on top of the P100,000 given to Filipino centenarians. The fine-tuning of Senate Bill No. 21 filed by Senator Ramon “Bong”...
(PULSE ASIA) Sixty-seven percent of FIlipinos believe that the outcome of the May 2022 elections is more credible than the May 2016 polls, a Pulse Asia survey, released on Wednesday, July 20, revealed. In the Ulat ng Bayan survey conducted from June 24 to 27 with 1,200 respondents, Pulse Asia said...
A working lunch with high-ranking foreign officials during the ASEAN-US special summit became a platform for the Philippines to thank the United States for being its "most vocal partner" in reaffirming the 2016 arbitral ruling that the country won over China. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos's controversial defeat in the 2016 vice presidential race has made him more wary of possible cheating in next month's polls. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) In an SMNI network interview directly after the UniTeam grand...
While all his rivals in the May 2022 presidential race were debating against each other inside a posh Pasay City hotel, Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Bongbong Marcos was at the open-air Marikina City amphitheater basking in the adulation of his boisterous supporters several ten...
Bataan was "Marcos and Duterte country" back in May 2016; it will be the same case in May 2022. Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman practically gave this prediction on Thursday, March 17, during presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos's visit to the province. (Photo from Geraldine Roman's...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos said the upcoming May 9 polls will be about securing a good future for Filipinos, and not about settling his old score with his rival, Vice President Leni Robredo. Former senator Bongbong Marcos (left) and Vice President Leni Robredo (!MANILA BULLETIN) "This...
A governor from a province that went "yellow" in 2016 is promising a huge win for the Bongbong Marcos-Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio tandem in the upcoming May 2022 polls. Samar province (Wikipedia) According to Samar Governor Reynolds Michael Tan, the province will deliver a 100,000-vote margin of...
The late senator, Miriam Defensor-Santiago saw qualities in her one-time Senate colleague Bongbong Marcos that would make for a fine presidential candidate. The late former senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago (left) and presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Photos from MANILA BULLETIN/ Lakas-CMD...
