It’s not often that you will see Vice President Leni Robredo having fun since she’s been busy the past year attending to her office’s COVID-19 response, but a lighthearted “Fast Talk” on Teleradyo’s Kapamilya Konek gives everyone a glimpse into the personal life of the country’s...
Two days after President Duterte remarked that the opposition has not done anything for the country’s coronavirus response, Vice President Leni Robredo posted a report about her office’s programs and projects since the pandemic started last year. Vice President Leni Robredo (Facebook/Manila...
Vice President Leni Robredo does not see the need to defend herself from President Duterte’s remarks that the opposition is not doing anything for the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Speaking on her Sunday radio show with radioman Ely Saludar,...
The Senate will be looking into the suggestion to include a P54.6-billion allocation for the pension of police, military and other uniformed personnel under the proposed Bayanihan 3. Senate President Vicente Sotto acknowledged varying views about the inclusion of pension funds in the measure that...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III is agreeing that persons who wear their face masks improperly or are not wearing any at all should be arrested and detained. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) President Duterte issued the order to police Wednesday, May 5, as he...
Senators do not agree that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should be considered the "hero" in the Philippines' COVID-19 response. President Duterte and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) On Monday, President Duterte hailed Duque as the "hero" in the...
Two senators have raised alarm over the continuous surge of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines, with the number of infections now exceeding one million. Unmindful of the danger due to COVID-19, shoppers flock in Divisoria, Manila, on March 20, 2021. The Philippines, on...
The Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed that the region should have its own public health center as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continued to take its toll on the region. The ASEAN leaders meet at the organization’s secretariat building in Jakarta,...
Senator Nancy Binay on Friday, April 23, said the government’s predilection to downplay the country’s coronavirus (COVID-19) problem is the reason why the Philippines’s is still facing a health crisis. Senator Nancy Binay (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Senate of the Philippines) Binay said the...
Government borrowings jumped fourfold last month following the issuance of retail bonds aimed at small investors although foreign borrowings decreased significantly, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. According to the data, gross financing of the Duterte administration increased by 314...
The Duterte administration’s borrowings increased by over ninefold in October due to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) cash advance to the national government, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. Gross borrowings of the national government in October this year increased by 1,244...
The Department of Finance (DOF) ordered the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to return to the government coffers the P32.6 billion sitting idle in the state-owned Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC). In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said he has...
