The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has extended the deadline for government workers to submit their entries for this year’s Online Photography Contest until August 13. (CSC Facebook page) The CSC had announced that they will accept entries until July 30 . “Government workers may still submit...
Starting Monday (August 2, 2021), the local government unit (LGU) of Pasig City will implement a one-way traffic along Manggahan Bridge -- from East Bank Road to West Bank Road. (Photo courtesy of Pasig City PIO) In an advisory posted on Facebook, the Pasig City Public Information Office told the...
A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus vaccine during the inoculative drive at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in Manila on July 21, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines has called on...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque asked the public to trust the government in its decisions regarding the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, saying it will not endanger anyone's lives. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Roque made the...
Government debt inched up anew in June this year due to higher borrowings from foreign creditors. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed that the national government’s outstanding debt stock stood at P11.166 trillion as of June, up by P94.9 billion from P11.071 trillion in the previous...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday, July 28, a thorough investigation on the death of two activists who allegedly shot it out with local policemen after they were caught spay-painting anti-government slogan that calls for the ouster...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has begun augmenting the resources of the local government units (LGUs) to assist the tens of thousands of families from the country’s six regions affected by the southwest monsoon rains enhanced by typhoon "Fabian." Personnel of the...
President Duterte urged Congress to pass two new laws that will benefit government troops as he looked back at how he improved the capability of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help them carry out their duties to the public. President Duterte...
President Rodrigo Duterte has made "unrealistic" promises to end corruption, illegal drugs, and human trafficking in the Philippines, a research fellow at the Ateneo School of Government said Monday, July 26. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Dr. Edilberto de Jesus noted that...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the local government units (LGus) have so far provided more than P3.87-million worth of relief assistance to the families affected by flooding caused by monsoon rains and enhanced by typhoon “Fabian”. (DSWD-DROMIC Facebook page) The...
A sprawling 44.8-hectare green and sustainable open recreational park called the Central Park with technical assistance from the British government will rise in New Clark City with full completion expected in 2035. The Central Park, which development is inspired by global best practices and...
President Duterte asked local government units (LGUs) to come up with a "more sane" method in vaccinating their constituents during rainy days as he noted they let the people queue in the flood for their anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) shot. President Duterte tells local government units (LGUs) to be...
