The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged manufacturers to consider calls not to increase the prices of Christmas products in the country this year. (Photo via Unsplash) "Panawagan sa manufacturers baka gusto nila na wag munang gumalaw ng presyo for Christmas products this year or kung...
The "BER months" are upon us once more, and thus begins the world's longest Christmas season we Filipinos are most known for. By tradition, Christmas carols will be heard on the radio and in shopping malls at this time, not to mention the myriad of colors that will soon light up the streets...
FILE PHOTO "Whenever I see girls and boys Selling lanterns on the streets I remember the Child In the manger as He sleeps” Thus, the first few lines of iconic singer Jose Mari Chan’s Christmas in our Hearts declare. And we expect these to resonate throughout the country as the so-called...
Malacañang hopes that the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period that was imposed between August 9 and 20 in several places in the country, including Metro Manila would be the last one for this year, at least. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque...
Filipinos can still celebrate a "better" Christmas season this year despite the worrisome surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases which are seen to be caused by the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of National Task...
Happy #famiDee DEELIGHTFUL For the Dees, happiness is being with your family. In photos are portraits of the Dee family’s travels and get-togethers Meet the Dees, through Beng Dee, one half of the power couple behind one of Manila’s largest F&B groups, Foodee Global Concepts, where she is...
President Duterte has been showered with expensive gifts over the years but is never really impressed with any of them. In fact, the President has a firm no-gift policy especially during the holiday season. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26,...
A maskless Christmas may be unlikely this year as the country still does not have enough supply of coronavirus vaccine to achieve the target “population protection” by end of the year. “Mukhang made-delay ‘yun (It seems that it will be delayed),” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said...
Don't look now, but the number of vehicles on EDSA is actually a hair's breadth away from pre-pandemic Christmas season levels. MMDA traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija (Photo from Nebrija's Facebook) Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija said in an...
Malacañang remained confident that the Philippines will have a better Christmas this year despite the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as vaccinations against the dreaded disease picked up. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman...
As more people get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the government is hopeful that the nation can celebrate the forthcoming holiday season without the mandatory masks. A photo of singer Jose Mari Chan with the caption "Imagine a No-Mask Christmas" is shared by Fr. Nicanor Austriaco towards the...
Filipinos will celebrate a merrier Christmas this year as more coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines continue to arrive in the country, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Wednesday, June 16. "We'll have a merrier/happier Christmas this year...
