House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Should President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. use his State of the Nation Address (SONA) this coming July 24 to showcase the P500-billion Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF)? Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, one of the original...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. expressed confidence that he has something to present to the public in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) next month as he bared that they have started preparations for the annual event. *MEDIA INTERVIEW — President Marcos talks to the...
House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Contributed photo) "Premature partisanship" won't be enough to derail the work of the House of Representatives. Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe made this declaration Thursday, June 8 even...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) More people are expected to physically attend this year's State of the Nation Address (SONA)--the second of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s six-year presidency. This was learned during a meeting in the House of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has officially begun its preparations for President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s second State of the Nation Address (SONA). According to a five-page memorandum dated Monday, May 22 and signed by House...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto is hoping that the Senate would pass the counterpart bill to the proposed Department of Health Specialty Centers Act. He said that this would allow President...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday, May 4 said she hopes to see a more assertive President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). Binay said she is so far, satisfied with the President’s performance in his first year of leadership, considering he took...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is confident his administration would lead the groundbreaking of sites for about 1.2 million housing units before his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (right) leads a groundbreaking ceremony for a housing...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista on Tuesday, April 11, vowed to finish the maintenance of 18 airports, including road sector and maritime projects by June, just before President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation (SONA). (Photo from the...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent the bill creating the country’s own Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which would institutionalize the government’s response to pandemics and other public health emergencies. In a statement on Thursday, March...
WALA LANG The State of the Nation (SONA) delivered by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. last week is the roadmap of the journey we are beginning. The mission is clear: (a) for GDP (goods and services produced, net of imports) to grow by 6.5 percent to 8.0 percent each year from 2023 until 2028; (b)...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid For an hour and 14 minutes, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. gave what was a much appreciated address to the 19th Congress, the audience inside the Batasan, and to the business community. But not so with advocacy groups and the 5,000 or so rallyists outside the...
