By BARBIE ATIENZA MB FAMILY RISES TO THE OCCASION — Responding promptly to the call for help for typhoon Odette-affected families in the Visayas and Mindanao, the Manila Bulletin staff and management worked together to speedily pack bags of hope stuffed with essential goods. The ongoing...
Filipino karatekas are set to take home multiple medals after their promising performance in the 2021 Asian Karate Federation (AKF) Karate Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan over the week. John Enrico Vasques, Sakura Alforte, and Lemon Misu bag bronze medals in the U-21 men's kata, women's senior...
A group of farmers are wary of the potentially devastating impact of Typhoon Odette on agriculture production and has asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prepare early work to mitigate potential losses. In an advisory, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said the DA, together with...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has faced delays in paying suppliers and merchants in Ilocos region that participated in the government’s voucher system, which provided fertilizer subsidy to rice farmers. A statement from the DA revealed that as much as P100-million worth of fertilizer...
Deals and dicsounts from airlines, hotels, tour operators, and travel agencies await Balikbayans who will come back home this Christmas season. Kids swim in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach destination reopened to local tourists in October 2020. (Tara Yap) This, after the...
Provincial bus operators are urging the government to allow them to use their terminals in Metro Manila to help accommodate the influx of commuters following the gradual reopening of the economy, and the holiday rush this Christmas season. A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and...
Three House of Representatives committees were asked on Monday, Dec. 13 to conduct a congressional inquiry into the reported fraudulent bank transactions that have allegedly victimized depositors of BDO Unibank Inc. House of Representatives facade Bayan Muna Representatives Carlos Isagani Zarate,...
Senator Nancy Binay has said the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) should first seek congressional approval before it introduces any design changes on coins and bank notes. Binay made the suggestion in light of the removal of three World War II martyrs in the redesigned P1,000 banknote, saying a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to ensure that financial consumers who were victimized by the recent online banking hacking incident are protected while its investigation is ongoing. Gatchalian said he is considering filing a resolution seeking a...
Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies chair Senator Grace Poe on Sunday urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to dig deeper into the online banking hacking incident that hounded BDO account holders, saying such incident need to stop in the face of the growing...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Saturday, Nov. 11 called the attention of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on “glaring errors” found in the newly-released P1,000 bill. Zarate found the two errors referring to the image of the Philippine eagle as “quite...
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