Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal said on Wednesday, Jan. 26 that if the Commission on Elections (Comelec) could "brag" that it started printing the May 2022 ballots "way earlier" than the May 2019 polls, then there is no reason why it could not get clarification from the Supreme Court regarding...
The government's pandemic task force is set to discuss Metro Manila's possible deescalation to Alert Level 2 for the first half of February 2022 and will make the announcement on the weekend. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3...
Senator Richard Gordon has filed a measure seeking to amend the recently passed law that grants benefits to the surviving kin of deceased retired members of the National Prosecution Service (NPS). Gordon, in filing Senate Bill No. 2487, seeks to expand the survivorship benefits to also cover the...
The national government is creating ways to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Unsplash)...
Over 700,000 doses of “pediatric” Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are set to arrive on Jan. 31, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa said on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The delivery of the...
The benchmark interest rate on debt falling due in August 2028 rose at Tuesday's auction of the government IOUs at the Bureau of the Treasury. Bureau of the Treasury office Investors were willing to buy as much as P55.623 billion of the reissued seven-year Treasury bonds, nearly double the...
Health experts urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to conduct a COVID-19 vaccination day solely for kids amid the recent spike of infections in the country. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a webinar titled...
The ballot face templates for the May 2022 polls are now out. Ballot face template for overseas voting (Photo Comelec) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released the ballot face templates in their website Tuesday, Jan. 25. Based on the templates, there are 10 aspirants for president, nine for...
If elected, presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he will appoint his running mate and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio to the Department of National Defense (DND). During One PH's Sa Totoo Lang interview on Monday, Jan. 24 Marcos Jr. said that is what the...
A total of nine persons have been arrested in Taguig since the start of the nationwide gun ban imposed in connection with the May 9 national and local elections. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) imposed the gun ban starting last Jan. 9 which will be in effect until June 8. According to the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned candidates of strict sanctions if they violate the guidelines set by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the coming May 9 national and local polls. Sec. Eduardo Ano (DILG photo) In a briefing with President Duterte Monday...
After three weeks of being under critical risk case classification for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the country and the National Capital Region (NCR) has gone down to high-risk case classification, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Jan. 24 Shoppers flock to bargain stores...