Commuter group The Passenger Forum (TPF) has welcomed the decision of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to keep the number coding scheme suspended even as commuters continue to grapple with limited public transportation options. (Jansen Romero / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) MMDA...
Let’s make reading more accessible to everyone The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) recently donated various books and other materials to a youth group called Lahat ng Bata in Singalong, Manila. Lahat ng Bata Lahat ng Bata is a youth group that intends to make reading accessible to the...
Some 16 local and foreign business groups have strongly urged for the immediate enactment of the proposed Financial Consumer Protection (FCP) Act, which seeks to protect consumers amidst the growing complexity in financial services, especially digital services. In a statement the business group...
Among other surprises, a drive-in cinema! With the flow of our global health crisis still gripping the country, Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival navigates through the social current and plugs in the life support for the industry as it journeys anew to the digital platform this coming...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) joined Muslim Filipinos in celebrating Eidl'l Adha or the "Feast of Sacrifice" on Tuesday, July 20. The Western Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed its gratitude to the villagers who responded to the survivors of the plane...
Rediscover vibrant Western Visayas in comfort and safety with Citadines Amigo Iloilo Citadines Amigo Iloilo's room One of the main factors in traveling these days is safety. Since there are still community quarantines in many parts of the country, the ever-resilient hotel industry has also been...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has welcomed the call of the Philippine government to save the country’s watershed resources saying this could help reduce poverty, mitigate the effect of climate change, and boost disaster resiliency. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu (center), DENR...
Presidential Adviser for Northern Luzon Raul Lambino cited the administration's "Build Build Build" projects as one of the significant gains of the Duterte administration. In a statement on Monday July 19, Lambino said that he presented the ongoing various infrastructure projects in Cagayan...
The United States government has successfully delivered a total of 3,240,850 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines to its longest treaty ally in Asia, the Philippines, as part of its worldwide effort to fight the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Single-shot Johnson &...
A group of young cyclists which has been advocating the feeding of street people in Antipolo City since the pandemic hit the country is urging devotees of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage to start donating recyclables. Fr. Reynante Tolentino gives away a pack of bread to a sampaguita vendor...
Views from the Ridge Justice Arturo Brion, Chancellor, Philippine Judicial Academy School lessons learned in younger years often become dormant ideas unless incited back to memory by some current needs or activities. I found two such lessons, both from Physics that I took up years ago, as I looked...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Last week, I delivered my third State of the City Address (SOCA) in an austere setting held at the Manila City Council’s session hall, where I was joined by both elected and appointed city officials serving in Manila. As tradition would have it, I am...
