Students who wish to apply for the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS VP) of the Department of Education (DepEd) need to create accounts on the application portal by Tuesday, Sept. 21. (Photo from Unsplash) DepEd has officially opened the online application for the SHS VP program on Sept. 19....
For the second time since he took office in 2016, President Duterte is expected to address the United Nations (UN) and put forward the Philippines' stand on urgent issues such as coronavirus (COVID-19) response, and human rights concerns, among others. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang File...
It’s a sad reality that among the more than a million high school students in the Philippines, most have little guidance on how to explore their college options. There are those that end with the wrong course and most won’t even pursue higher education, which is also because of financial...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines saw 26,303 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Sept. 11—the highest number of new infections reported in a single day since the pandemic hit the country last year. The latest figure pushed the country’s running...
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 8, the eighth high-value target (HVT) drug personality in Region 11 in a buy-bust in Davao City. The operation resulted in the confiscation of some P30,000 worth of marijuana in a buy-bust operation in Agdao...
'High Class' stars (from left) Cho Yeo-jeong, Kim Ji-soo, Ha Jun, Park Se-jin and Gong Hyun-joo at the press event (iQiyi) Korean actress Cho Yeo-jeong, who starred in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” will headline the new Korean drama “High Class,” which will premiere on iQiyi on Sept....
Three Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong will be sentenced on Tuesday, Sept. 7, after stealing valuables worth over HK$14 million from their employers. In a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report, the Filipina, who was identified as Carmelita Galay Nones, 47, took jewelery, watches, and gold...
Three suspected drug pushers were arrested when they yielded some P3.4 million worth of shabu during a buy-bust in Makati City on Friday night, Sept. 3. Nabbed were Ariel Morilla, 42; Kimberly Bonanza, 32; and Virginia Tuazon, 41. Seized from them were 500 grams of shabu. The operation stemmed from...
An alleged high value target (HVT) drug suspect was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) after he yielded P102,000 worth of suspected methampethamine hydrochloride (shabu), a gun, and live ammunition in a buy-bust operation in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan on Thursday night,...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion sees local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila with high vaccination rates as prime candidates for testing out the "Bakuna (vaccine) Bubble" set up. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder...
With the high coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) positivity rate in Metro Manila, the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the localities that failed to meet the August 31 deadline has been extended to September 10, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año...
Combined forces of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Manila seized some P3.4 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a suspected drug pusher classified as a high value target in an drug sting in Sta. Ana, Manila. In a report to PDEA Director-General Wilkins M Villanueva,...
