Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile--who in recent years has been memed by social media for being an "immortal"--will make his return to public service under the incoming Marcos administration. Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile (Malacañang photo) This, after the 98-year-old was named...
President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is scheduled to receive five more foreign envoys for courtesy calls on Friday morning, June 17. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Bureau) According to an advisory, Marcos will meet with Chargé d’ Affaires of Poland, Jaroslaw...
After weeks of speculation as to which Cabinet post SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta would get from President-elect Bongbong Marcos, it seems that the one-time UniTeam Senate bet has settled back "home", at the House of Representatives, at least for the meantime. (Photo from Rodante...
President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. met with Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion to discuss issues affecting the local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), specifically health, economy, and the impact of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis on businesses....
Human rights lawyer and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has called on President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to release outgoing Senator Leila De Lima from jail. Rep. Edcel Lagman (File Photo) De Lima has been detained since February 2017 on alleged, “trumped-up,” drug...
Some 50,000 "good-paying" jobs may be created in the Philippines if the incoming Marcos administration is willing to develop its offshore wind energy sector. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) Ambassador of Norway, Bjorn Jahnsen relayed this notion to President-elect Bongbong Marcos Wednesday, June 15 during...
The government of Hungary has stepped up its partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the Philippines in an effort to prepare Filipinos for possible jobs in the central European nation. (Louis Hansel/ Unsplash) "Already in Hungary, more than 800 Filipinos...
One of the diplomats who met with President-elect Bongbong Marcos Wednesday, June 15 said her government is willing to help facilitate a deal for Angola to supply the Philippines with oil. President-elect Bongbong Marcos's reception to Ambassador of South Africa H.E. Bartinah Ntombizodwa...
Ambassador of Romania to the Philippines Raduta Dana Matache lauded President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for his apparent openness to diplomatic cooperation. Matache and Marcos Jr. during their meeting on June 15, 2022 (BBM Media Bureau) Read more here:...
House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez did such a great job as Vice President-elect Sara Duterte's campaign manager that the latter couldn't help but brag about it, even to President-elect Bongbong Marcos. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte (left) and Reelected Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin...
President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Ambassador of Finland Juha Markus Pyykko met on Wednesday, June 15 to discuss the economic and global effects of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, among other things. Finnish Ambassador Juha Markus Pyykko at the BBM Headquarters (Manila Bulletin...
The government of Norway has committed to support the peace process in the Bangsamoro region in the Philippines under President-elect Bongbong Marcos's term. Ambassador of Norway, Bjorn Jahnsen speaking to local media on June 15, 2022 (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was among the key...