“How do we move forward?” This is what Vice President Leni Robredo expects to hear when President Duterte delivers his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26, at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City. Vice President Leni Robredo and President Rodrigo Duterte...
Vice President Leni Robredo urged Filipinos to continuously keep their values and spirit up amid the pandemic as the country commemorates Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice on Tuesday, July 20. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) In a statement her office released to the media, Robredo said...
Vice President Leni Robredo was once again snubbed by President Duterte as she was not among those invited to physically attend the Chief Executive’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa on Monday, July 26. Robredo, a leader of the opposition, was instead invited to...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s “Vaccine Express” program would be brought to Quezon City for the inoculation of jeepney drivers after the pilot project kicked off in Manila last month. A man gets his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaccine Express drive-through site on June 22, 2021....
Vice President Leni Robredo has called for stricter border control in the National Capital Region and four neighboring provinces, also called the NCR Plus bubble, to fight against the entry of the Delta variant in the country’s center of commerce and economic activities. Vice President Leni...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, July 18, said that the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines should be given to hotspot areas where the highly transmissible Delta variant has been detected. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) The United States through the global...
Having been a victim of internet trolls and fake news since she assumed office, Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, July 18, welcomed Senate Resolution No. 768, which seeks to look into “state-funded trolls farms“ that spread misinformation. Vice President Leni Robredo (Federico Cruz/MANILA...
Vice President Leni Robredo hopes that the government will be able to speed up, even more, the distribution of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines as a measure against the dreaded Delta variant. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) Robredo made the statement after the Department...
Even after the Philippine government - as demanded by the Department of Education (DepEd) - got the apology it wanted from the World Bank (WB), a group maintained that the state of Philippine education remains in crisis. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “The Philippine government got...
Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed dismay over some known politicians who as early as now are focusing on the 2022 elections instead of the efforts in addressing the pandemic. Robredo, an opposition leader, lamented the misplaced priorities of possible candidates posturing for next year's...
Even as the World Bank already apologized for inadvertantly releasing a report on the poor learning outcomes of Filipino children, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian believed that the government should be open to accepting its findings to address what he also considered a "crisis" in the Philippines'...
Despite her low ranking in the latest Pulse Asia survey, Vice President Leni Robredo remains confident of her numbers, her spokesperson said, stressing that the fight hasn’t started yet. (Vice Presidential spokesperson Barry Gutierrez/OVP) In a statement on Wednesday, July 14, Lawyer Barry...
