Several organizations urged presidential bets to heed people's demand for land, aid, and justice. (Unsplash) In a joint statement, Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women, Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon Farmers, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, and Anakpawis asked presidential aspirants to...
A newly constructed high school building in Barangay BF, ParañaqueCity was inaugurated on Friday, Oct. 22. According to Mar Jimenez, Public Information Office (PIO), the four-storey building of Mashville National High School can house around 1,000 Grade 6 students. It was funded by the local...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Friday could not help but lose her temper when she scrutinized the proposed P505-million budget of the National Tobacco Administration’s (NTA) budget for 2022. NTA, an agency under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture (DA), had included in its proposed...
Thanya Dela Cruz Thanya Dela Cruz eclipsed the national record in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke at the start of the 2021 Philippine Swimming Inc.’s National Selection Tournament at the New Clark City Aquatics Center in Capas, Tarlac Friday. The 18-year-old Dela Cruz clocked 32.89 seconds to...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Thursday, Oct. 21 slammed the reductions in the over-all budget of state universities and colleges (SUCs) and on the capital outlay of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) under their proposed 2022 national budget. At the Senate finance subcommittee’s hearing on the...
President Duterte has signed an administrative order (AO) directing the adoption and implementation of the National Competition Policy (NCP), Malacañang reporters learned on Wednesday night, Oct. 20. (From right) President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (Photo from PCOO...
The Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG) raised alarm over unrelenting violations and impunity that could possibly pose threat to a "clean and democratic" 2022 polls. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) CPDG cited the Sagay massacre where nine sugar workers were killed in...
Reelectionist Senator Leila De Lima is now seeking a congressional inquiry into the reported sale and use of text blast machines for probable partisan political activities. De Lima said such activity is abusive and dangerous as it hijacks emergency protocol systems to “spam” people with...
Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 as the Metro Manila eases to Alert Level 3 for COVID-19. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country is expected to drop to the level before the recent surge in infections driven by the Delta...
Senators are eyeing a special provision under the proposed 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA) that would put an end to the practice of government agencies of transferring their funds to the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) and the Philippine International...
To express their support to the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo, students and alumni launched "Tamaraws for Leni Robredo." (Photo from Tams for Leni / Facebook) "Hamon sa lahat na piliin ang tamang pamumuno -- isang gobyernong matino at mahusay (The challenge for everyone is to...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque doesn't think Congress--in particular, the Senate--would allow a reenacted national budget to be signed for 2022, an election year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) Roque was the sole guest of the Kapihan sa Manila Bay...