Several diplomats and foreign officials met with Vice President-elect Sara Duterte on Wednesday, June 29, a day before she assumes office. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte and French Ambassador Michéle Boccoz (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Ambassadors from Romania, France, Laos, including Japanese...
Operations at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) consular office in the city of Manila will be suspended Thursday, June 30, which was declared as a special non-working holiday. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) The DFA made the announcement on Wednesday, June 29, to inform the public...
With memories of a distant past, President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. not only steps into the shoes left by his late father Ferdinand Sr., but also returns to the Malacañang Palace he once called home from 1965 to 1986. (Screenshot from Bongbong Marcos YouTube channel) It is the same...
"One of the most accomplished leaders the Philippines has ever had." House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Lakas-CMD Media, Malacañang) With these remarks, House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez paid tribute to President Duterte...
The Gabriela Women's Party-list has welcomed the lapsing into law of Republic Act (RA) 11861, better known as the Expanded Solo Parents' Welfare Act. Gabriela Women's Party-list logo (Facebook) "Gabriela Women's Party is ecstatic over the lapsing of Expanded Solo Parents' Welfare Act into law as RA...
House of Representatives members gave high marks for outgoing President Duterte, although they agreed that they would have given the 77-year-old leader an even higher overall grade if not for the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left) and Anakalusugan Party-list...
President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has expressed confidence in the ability of his incoming Cabinet to deliver amid the problems that his administration would have to face. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (File photo/ Noel Pabalate) "For the past few weeks since the elections, I have...