How is the Filipinos’ state of emotional and psychological wellbeing? Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven J. Robinson answers the question 'What conversation do you want to start about mental health?' The last few years have been a wild ride. With the ongoing recovery from the...
The presidential campaign of former senator-turned-President-elect Bongbong Marcos cost P272 million. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was bared in a statement by Marcos's political party, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), on Monday morning, June 6. The...
Kumu and Wattpad give fans the key to Kiss Master From the very first chapter, Jamille Fumah (@JFStories) and her hit Wattpad webnovel, Kiss Master , have had quite the journey to fame. Now, in partnership with social entertainment app Kumu, and with the help of hit-churning Philippine studio Black...
Trolls, be warned. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) After the conduct of the May 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 30, said it will push for a law against the utilization of social media trolls during the campaign period....
A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official urged the public on Tuesday, May 17, to immediately report to authorities campaign materials that are still displayed in public places. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said the deadline for the removal of the campaign...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo is relishing the prospect of documenting artworks, songs, and other memorabilia from her presidential campaign this year after she expressed interest to put these items in archive after her term ends on June 30. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo from VPLR Media...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has been using vlogs to reach as wide an audience as possible ahead of the May 9, 2022 elections. With now over 200 of these vlogs posted on his YouTube channel, a scouring of noteworthy snippets in these videos is in order. The UniTeam tandem during their...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City-based environmental group Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) called on local candidates to collect and dispose of their campaign paraphernalia properly. IDIS executive director Atty. Mark Peñalver said in a statement on Wednesday that almost a...
ILOILO CITY – At least 2,900 kilograms of campaign materials were collected in the province of Iloilo which started a massive clean-up all over the province almost a week after the May 9 national and local elections. Re-elected Mayor Niel “Bongbong” Tupas III of Barotac Viejo town, Iloilo...
A truck full of campaign materials will be turned over to the town’s recycling facilities. Mayor-elect Jeri Mae Calderon, in her Facebook page, announced that the campaign materials such as posters and banners, all made of tarpaulins, will be brought to the sorting and recycling facilities for...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged candidates to continue helping in the removal and recycling of campaign materials. A personnel of the Marikina City Environmental Management Office segregates collected campaign materials at the Material Recovery Facility in Marikina City on May 11,...
What comes after the election is trash, literally. In an Opinion piece by the Manila Bulletin , it is reported that 59,846 tons of solid waste per day were generated around the country, according to the DENR-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB). That’s prior to the 2022 election’s campaign...
