The Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank) does not have to remit dividends from its 2016 earnings to the national government after President Duterte issued an order cutting its dividend rate. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Under Executive Order No. 146, the President adjusted the...
Vice President Leni Robredo reiterated the need to intensify efforts to vaccinate more Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to the rise of the daily number of infections in the country. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Robredo made the statement after the Department of...
In response to the learning crisis in the country, advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) urged President Duterte to certify as urgent the Education Commission (EDCOM) Joint Resolution. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are in a learning crisis unlike any other,” said PBEd...
BEIJING, China -- China will "strive to provide" two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and donate $100 million to the international vaccine distribution system known as Covax, President Xi Jinping said Thursday. Chinese President Xi Jinping (Xinhua/File) The pledge came in a...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go maintained on Friday, August 6, that he is not yet interested to run for president in the 2022 elections, even with the prodding of his partymates in the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) for him to vie for the post. Sen. Christopher 'Bong' Go and...
President Duterte has approved the recommendation of the government's pandemic task force to escalate the current risk classification of Laguna, Iloilo City, and Cagayan de Oro to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 15, 2021. (Photo: Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential...
President Duterte has an option to ask for a supplemental budget from Congress if the government funds won't be enough for the cash assistance to people affected by the pandemic lockdown, according to a Palace official. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) But for now, Presidential...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque defended the government's funding for its anti-communist task force, saying the money was for programs that help solve communist insurgency in the country. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Vice President Leni Robredo (Manila Bulletin File Photos) Roque made...
Vice President Leni Robredo called for faster and more efficient distribution of cash assistance or ayuda for residents who will be affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR). (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Robredo made the statement a...
Vice President Leni Robredo said the release of the funds for the government's anti-communist insurgency task force should be suspended and instead be used to fund the cash assistance program for families who will be affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila ....
The Duterte administration will look into the possibility of giving an incentive to Olympic silver medalist Mansueto 'Onyok' Velasco to make up for the supposed botched government promise made in the past. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address on August 2, 2021. (Malacañang)...
Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM) President Angelo Palmones chided Senate President Vicente Sotto III over his opposition to the "no vaccine, no entry" policy, which the former described as a way forward in the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...