Despite being mum about her political plans next year, hundreds of Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters from the health sector and business process outsourcing (BPO) industry are urging her to run for president in the 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Following audit reports that billions of pesos in public funds were unspent, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said government departments and agencies should not ask for budgets they cannot utilize and instead make sure that essential programs get priority funding. Senate President Vicente 'Tito'...
Boxing icon and Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao said he has no decision yet on whether he would seek the presidency, vice presidency or quit politics. Manny Pacquiao (Wendell Alinea / MP Promotions) Asked during a CNN Philippines interview from his Los Angeles (USA) residence on Friday, August 27,...
Provincial governors on Friday, August 27, threw their support for President Duterte’s decision to accept the offer of the administration Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party to run for vice president in the 2022 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office wants to focus its attention on deadly diseases other than the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying those afflicted also need immediate assistance from its charity funds. Lotto line up At the resumption of the budget briefing in the House of...
Department of Energy (DOE) Sec. Alfonso Cusi reassured the public Friday, Aug. 27, that sufficient power supply nationwide will not be a problem in the upcoming 2022 national and local elections. Sec. Alfonso Cusi (DOE FB video) In a virtual press briefing, Cusi projected that "there is enough...
President Duterte (Malacañang photo) A teachers’ group on Friday, Aug. 27, said that the “Duterte” variant -- pertaining to President Duterte -- is the bigger threat to the education sector amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country. “Hindi po Delta variant ang...
(RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) While the learning delivery modality for school year (SY) 2021-2022 will be enhanced blended learning, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that the conduct of face-to-face classes still remains a possibility. “I'd like to also emphasize that...
The legislative proposal proposal to reset next year’s elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to 2025 was approved by three House of Representatives committees, two days after the Senate voted to pass on second reading its version of the bill. BARMM logo The...
President Duterte says he is "getting convinced" by Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo's claims that local chief executives from all over the country are indeed backing his supposed vice presidential bid in the May 2022 elections. President Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/...
President Duterte's tirades against the Commission on Audit (COA) seemed to be far from over after he volunteered to audit the agency if he wins as vice president in the 2022 elections. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement after the Commission on Audit (COA) cited in...
Given the challenges brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to allow schools to choose their own curricula especially for school year (SY) 2021-2022. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN) “For the coming school year at least, as an...
