Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, Sept. 12 vowed to ensure that more money would be allocated to fund the needs of healthcare workers who are struggling to provide medical services amid the COVID-19 pandemic by making sure there are programmed funds for them. Drilon noted that the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday, Sept. 12 renewed her appeal for the state economic managers to boost the government’s COVID-19 response by allocating a bigger budget for contact tracing in the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Echoing other colleagues sentiment, Binay said she is...
Students from the National University (NU) and Far Eastern University (FEU) prodded Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend voter registration beyond the Sept. 30 deadline. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing lockdowns that impede the voter application process, NU Student Government asked the poll...
Three archbishops from Northern Luzon on Saturday, Sept. 11, reminded Filipinos of their moral duty to resist the culture of murder and plunder. Archbishop Marlo Peralta, left, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, center, and Archbishop Ricardo Baccay (Photos from CBCP) In a pastoral message signed by...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Spokesperson James Jimenez said Saturday, Sept. 11, that malls are ideal places for voter registration. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) "Malls are places where people congregate and I think it's very important that we tap into that energy. People are here...
An official from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Saturday, Sept. 11, the poll body aims to give voters a "comfortable" place to register during mall registrations. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Comelec held a national synchronized mall registration on Saturday, 19 days before...
Amid the current pandemic, Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray registered as a voter. In a virtual event hosted by Karen Davila, the 27-year-old model-singer shared her thoughts on the importance of signing up as a voter. "I feel that it's so important, and I feel like I speak for so many when I say...
Agents and executives of life- and non-life insurance companies across the country have displayed a united front in calling on Vice President Leni Robredo to run for president in the 2022 elections. Insurers for Leni (Facebook) In a statement, the group, which called itself "Insurers for Leni",...
The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations quickly terminated on Friday, Sept. 10 the budget deliberation for the office Vice President Leni Robredo with several lawmakers manifesting their intention to push for either the restoration of the almost P200 million cut made by government...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said he will set aside his political plans for now until the National Capital Region (NCR) achieves population protection which is the vaccination of those who are susceptible to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and are likely to show severe symptoms....
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque doesn't think Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso was alluding to him when the latter made comments about a "disrespectful" govenrment official that ought to be sacked. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (left) and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno (File...
Due to the lack of bid proposals for the P600 million project for the lease of 10,000 additional vote counting machines (VCMs) to be used in the May 2022 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, Sept. 9, declared a failure of bidding. Comelec/MB "Considering that there are no bids...
