President Duterte on Monday, March 7, said in jest that members of the New People's Army (NPA) should be invited to the inauguration of government projects as a "retreat from fighting." President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the remark during his "Talk To The People" public...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported 15,161 new community cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Among the 15,161 new community infections, 7,226 were in the largest city Auckland. Four new cases of Covid-19 were detected at the New Zealand border, said...
NEW YORK, United States – Thousands of people gathered Saturday in Times Square in New York in support of Ukraine, demanding the United States, NATO or the European Union intervene to stop the unfolding war. Some were Ukrainian-American, while others were just New Yorkers who wanted to...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal As I mentioned last Sunday, the first ever awardees for the Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards have been informed of their distinctions; and in honor of Women’s Month, I first went through the woman awardees - who came from the categories of Sports...
JAYAPURA, Indonesia -- Separatists in Indonesia's Papua province took responsibility Friday for the killing of eight technicians as they repaired a telecommunications mast in a remote area. Gunmen in the mountainous district stormed the tower belonging to Telkomsel, a major state-backed telecoms...
President Duterte has signed the measure that amends the country's Foreign Investments Act, thereby easing rules on foreign businesses in the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang file photo) A copy of Republic Act (RA) No. 11647 showed that the President signed the amendments on...
By Liezle Basa Iñigo and Patrick Garcia PANGASINANFormer Vice President and UNA senatorial aspirant Jejomar C. Binay urged the government to cut the red tape and streamline the approval process for new power plants to help prevent a return to the crippling power outages in the 1990s. Binay visited...
As Metro Manila shifts to Alert Level 1 or the "New Normal" due to the declining number of active COVID-19 cases starting March 1, the Makati City government announced that it is now closing vaccination sites in schools and transferring them to barangay health centers. Makati City Mayor Abby Binay...
Given the ongoing decreasing trend of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the Philippines, an OCTA Research fellow, on Monday, Feb. 28, said that the nation’s cases could further decrease to less than 1,000 by March 2022. (Tara Yap / Manila Bulletin) “Sana magpatuloy nga . We are...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal A few Sundays ago, I wrote about how the Manila Bulletin was embarking on a new initiative on its 122nd year; one that was centered on recognizing the people and institutions that had done great work in the past year, and encouraged us to rise above...
The humble, yet striking, handwoven cloth made by the women of Sulu has received praise from Filipino designer Ann Ong, whose eye for fashion pieces and jewelry is known internationally. Pis syabit weavers in Sulu (Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Tan-Tambut's office) Catching Ong's attention...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said downgrading the status of the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 1 will normalize life and spur the economy. Mayors including Cayetano under the Metro Manila Council signed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution 22-06 recommending to...
