CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 (Central Luzon) has deployed 1,200 police officers to help secure the Traslacion during the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila on Thursday, Jan. 9. They are positioned at the Quirino Grandstand for the traditional...
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) announced the nominees for the 56th NAACP Image Awards, which will be held on Feb. 22 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Cynthia Erivo, Keke Palmer, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Hart, and Shannon Sharpe are...
OFF THE BEATEN PATH Resolutions are an inescapable part of the new year. Apart from being a fun thing to do, they actually do provide direction, purpose, and a tangible destination to work toward. However, the journey to achieving those goals is often complicated by challenges, detours, and the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Tomorrow, Jan. 9, millions of devotees are expected to join the annual religious tradition called “Traslacion” — the procession commemorating the historic transfer of the image of Jesus Nazareno from a church in Intramuros to its present-day shrine in Quiapo, Manila. ...
CCG-5901, a China Coast Guard ship nicknamed "The Monster", is detected by the Philippine Coast Guard at 54 nautical miles off the coast of Capones Island in Zambales on Jan. 4, 2025. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Navy (PN) condemned on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the continued intrusion of China Coast Guard...
(File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday, Jan. 7, that it has effective detection and prevention systems in place to thwart any cyberattack targeting the country amid the reported infiltration of Chinese hackers into the office of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos...
APEC Party-List Rep. Sergio Dagooc (PPAB) A member of the power bloc in the House of Representatives has argued that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should be penalized for allowing the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines...
Peso depreciation against the US dollar, alongside net financing activities, further pushed the national government’s debt, which had recently breached the P16-trillion mark. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr), revealed that the government’s total outstanding debt stood at...
The Philippine Navy said the forensic analysis conducted on a submersible drone discovered off the coast of San Pascual, Masbate on Dec. 30, 2024 will take six to eight weeks. (Photo: Police Regional Office-5) The Philippine Navy (PN) said Tuesday, Jan. 7, that it will take up to two months to...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Power grid operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has been religiously paying its three percent franchise tax as mandated by law. This was...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has outlined 11 regulatory priorities for the first semester of 2025, with a focus on issues related to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and Manila Electric Company (Meralco). In a briefing, ERC Chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta said the...
Policymakers from developing countries in Asia and the Pacific, including the Philippines, called for urgent measures to address the region's pressing financing gaps for sustainable development. During a high-level regional consultation on financing for development, leaders from the Economic and...
