A graduate of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman topped the December Geodetic Engineering Licensure Examination (GELE), the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced. University of the Philippines (up.edu.ph / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The roll of passers was led by...
Actor-turned-politician Rep. John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto has asked the House of Representatives to join him in calling on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and government to stop removing the images of the country’s national heroes from Philippine bank notes in active circulation. P1,000 bill new...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon will preside the preliminary conference on the disqualification petition of Akbayan against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Jan. 7. Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (Photo from Rowena V. Guanzon / Facebook page/...
The Philippines may record its slowest population growth this year as the total number of Filipinos is projected to increase by only 0.3 percent or 324,000 compared to 2020. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) called the 2021 record "historic," adding...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to start the printing of the official ballots to be used in the May 2022 polls on Jan. 15. Comelec/MB "By our estimates, we will start (printing the ballots) on Jan. 15," Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said in a virtual press briefing Monday,...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) topped the list of state-run firms in terms of income for 2020 but both also registered the largest amount of expenditures during the year that the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hit the country, the...
The University of the Philippines-Los Baños will gradually reopen the campus for the conduct of limited face-to-face classes for 98 students, the University announced. (UPLB) On Dec. 17, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) deemed UPLB to have complied with the requirements under the Joint...
Passers of the Nurses Licensure Examination will have their online oathtaking on January 7 and 20, 2022, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) The online oathtaking on January 7 at 10 a.m. and January 20 at 2 p.m. will be spearheaded by PRC Iloilo, PRC...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended Antique province for its intense anti-drug campaign despite the prevailing unfavorable circumstances due to the coronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. “Despite the ongoing pandemic, Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils...
(PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has cancelled the written phase of the Optometrist Licensure Examination in Cebu that was supposed to be conducted this month due to the "devastating aftermath" of typhoon Odette. "The Professional Regulation Commission informs...
NCIP approves ANI project with Bagobos By James A. Lpyola The rice and corn production project of AgriNurture Inc. (ANI), in partnership with the Unified Bagobo Tagabawa Tribe (UBTT) of Davao del Sur and North Cotabato, has been approved by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) -...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released on Friday, Dec.24, a shorter tentative list of candidates for the national and local elections next year. Comelec/MB "Not yet final. Names will still be stricken off the list as the judgment in their respective cases achieve finality," Comelec...
