Despite the string of strong typhoons that battered economically-productive parts of the Philippines so far in the third quarter, the country's chief economist still expects to hit the targeted economic expansion for 2024. "We're confident we'll achieve our six- to seven-percent growth target this...
Vice President Sara Duterte (left), Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The usually reserved Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co didn't mince words against Vice President Sara Duterte as he responded to the latter's...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, September 10 said the incoming Bureau of Immigration (BI) commissioner should rush the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by thousands of passengers who missed their flights due to unnecessary delays caused by the unreasonable...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The House of Committee on Appropriations' per agency deliberations on the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2025 was concluded on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 10 with the "conditional...
President Marcos has transferred back the supervision of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) from the Department of Agriculture (DA) to the Office of the President (OP). Upper Chico River Irrigation System in Tabuk City, Kalinga (File Photo courtesy of NIA) Through Executive Order No. 69,...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla speaks during a press conference in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Sept. 10, 2024. (Photo by Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) (Updated) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday, Sept. 10,...
Scientists and tobacco harm reduction (THR) experts stressed that nicotine alone is not the cause of smoking-related diseases and that further studies are needed to know more about its potential therapeutic benefits. Neuroscientist Dr. Paul Newhouse "I have never in all my career as a...
KOJC leader Apollo Quiboloy undergoes a booking procedure at Camp Crame in Quezon City. The Philippine National Police (PNP) will insist on retaining the custody of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy after a court issued an order designating the Quezon City Jail as his...
Very Rev. Fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., Ph. D. was installed on Monday, Sept. 9, as the 97th Rector of the Royal and Pontifical University of Santos Tomas, his second four-year-term, with a promise to elevate the quality of education being offered in the university and its institutions. “As I begin...
The exclusion of off-grid areas from the coal moratorium is being sought so the lingering woes of consumers over power service interruptions as well as exorbitant rates can be resolved, according to an industry player that has been providing electricity services to these sites. DMCI Holdings...
Police present the seized 110 kilos of shabu and the two suspects who were arrested in a buy-bust in Imus, Cavite on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (photo-PNP Drug Enforcement Group) Anti-narcotics operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) seized around P748 million worth of shabu following...
Camp Aguinaldo (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of National Defense (DND) will move heaven and earth to reject any attempt of the camp of embattled Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy to be transferred to the detention facilities of the Armed...
