Philippine Ambassador to Washington, D.C. Jose Manuel Romualdez on Tuesday confirmed the forthcoming delivery of the first batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines on June 27 as part of the 20 million doses they have been negotiating with the American pharmaceutical firm. Philippine Ambassador to the...
A women's group slammed President Duterte after failing to honor his promise to terminate the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States. (Photo from US Army) The Philippines terminated the VFA in February 2020, however, the termination was suspended in June 2020 due to...
President Duterte has decided to extend the suspension of the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) by another six months, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. announced on Monday. Locsin said the decision was relayed to him and to Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel...
Using the new technology, the international community led by powerful countries like the United States, Japan, China and France sent their congratulatory messages to the Philippines on the occasion of the 123 rd anniversary of Philippine Independence Day over the weekend. Japanese Ambassador...
"Bravo! (clapping hand sign emojis) – Team Celine." This is what Celine Dion tweeted, reposting the audition video of 10-year-old Filipino singer Peter Rosalita on "America's Got Talent (AGT)." Recall that in there, the young aspiring singer who was born in Abu Dhabi, received a standing ovation...
"Cancer isn't killing you, you're killing yourself." After watching Nightbirde's (real name Jane Marczewski) beautiful performance on America's Got Talent, and finding out that she went to the auditions alone, many wondered where her family was at that time. After all, how could anyone not be in...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed gratitude to the United States government for its decision to donate some of its surplus COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines and other countries. "Well nakuha natin yung magandang balita na iyan at tayo naman ay nagagalak at...
A Moro IT software engineer’s view By Zainal Limpao I am a Moro, a member of the Maranao tribe, one of the 13 identified ethnolinguistic groups of Muslim Filipinos from Mindanao. I come from an academic family, my parents having been former university...
Peter Rosalita, a 10-year-old Filipino boy, electrified judges of “America’s Got Talent” recently. The young aspiring singer, who was born in Abu Dhabi, received a standing ovation doing an emotional rendition of Celine Dion’s “All By Myself.” He got four yeses and will now proceed to...
The number of overseas Filipinos who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 18,659 as a single new case was only recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday, May 22. (DFA) The DFA also reported no new recovery and zero fatality on the same day. The number of...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. urged the public to keep on wearing their face masks as if the country has no vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) yet. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (AP Photo / Sakchai Lalit / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Locsin made the...
President Duterte told the United States of America (USA) that it would be fine if they decide to not let the Philippines procure weapons from them, saying the country has no enemy anyway. President Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with core members of the Inter-Agency Task Force...
