Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago appears to have fully warmed up to her new role as one of the spokespersons of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). (Photo from Asec. Celine Pialago's Facebook) And based on her...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) employees assigned at the Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Port of NAIA) will start to receive vaccinations against the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, June 19. (Mark Balmores / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The customs employees will be...
Here's proof that some countries simply can't afford to not have overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (Photo Silas Baisch / Unsplash) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III is meeting with his counterpart from the Sultanate of Oman Friday night June 18 to find a...
The wheels of justice in the country "are in motion" and local remedies "are working" when it comes to investigating claims of human rights abuses in the all-out war against illegal drugs launched by President Duterte in 2016. PNP Chief General Guillermo Eleazar (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This...
A total of 21 smuggled vehicles were reduced to scrap after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) simultaneously destroyed seized luxury and "knocked down" cars in Manila and Cagayan de Oro on Friday, June 18. EXPENSIVE SCRAP--Twenty-one luxury cars and other knocked down vehicles were destroyed by the...
Over 6.5 million jobs have been generated under the Duterte administration's flagship "Build, Build, Build" infrastructure modernization program since 2016. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar standing on the newly-opened Kalayaan Bridge. (Photo by JM Pagulayan) Thus, bared Department of Public Works and...
Individuals who will be caught without face shields in open and enclosed spaces will not be arrested by police, but will instead be "reminded" of existing anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) protocols. In this photo taken on September 19, 2020, people are seen wearing face shields as they queue up...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has agreed to raise the annual deployment cap on Filipino healthcare workers (HCWs) from 5,000 to 6,500. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) This was bared by Department of...
Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, who currently leads the Philippines’ Department of Education (DepEd), has been elected as the Vice President of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) for 2021-2022. briones2 DepEd on Friday, June 18, made this announcement after...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has cancelled the Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) P28-million tax collection case against a Bacolod City-based cargo firm for erroneous audit. (Photo from BIR Facebook page) The court's Second Division stated that the right to due process of Yan An Cargo...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. was elated with the recent arrival of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were procured by the private sector, as it will further bulk up the country's jab supply. A total of 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac-Sinovac vaccines from China arrived at NAIA in Pasay...
The contribution of the tourism industry to the country's economy plunged by a whopping 61.2 percent in 2020 amid the ongoing global pandemic, the Department of Tourism (DOT) revealed. Boracay Island when it reopened to domestic tourists in October 2020. (Photo by Tara Yap) Citing a recent report...
