Senator Nancy Binay said that she's not comfortable with Senator Robin Padilla's recent statement regarding Mariel Padilla's intravenous glutathione (IV gluta) drip procedure at the Senate wherein he claimed that his wife "loves to promote good looks and good health". "I think medyo I’m not...
ILOILO CITY – The National Irrigation Administration-6 is investigating the death of a water tank driver in a road accident in the Iloilo mega dam project in Calinog, Iloilo. A ROAD within the mega dam project site in Calinog town, Iloilo province. (NIA-6 JRMP-II) The Project Management Office...
Energy access is a major game-changer in empowering a country – but the depressing fact remains that more than a billion people globally still don’t have access to electricity services – a basic need that marginal segments of populations – or those in the ‘laylayan’ are morally being...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is courting investments from the British International Investment (BII) for the development of the Magat and Pantabangan dams. NIA Administrator Eduardo Guillen said on Tuesday, Feb. 13, said the agency is inviting investment in various water...
Cleansing from misdeeds as well as review of categorization of the country’s more than 120 electric cooperatives (ECs) are being pushed following reports of less-than-desired operational outcomes of these power utilities. The call was put forward by Senate Committee on Energy Vice Chairman...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Samuel Zacate on Tuesday, Feb. 13 said the agency has extended the license to operate (LTO) and certificate of product registration (CPR) renewal period from three years to five years. (FDA) "Now it will be increased to five years initial to 10...
CLARK, Pampanga (AFP) – NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to forecast and fight air pollution. CREW of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) DC-8...
2024 Social Weather Stations Survey Review (SWS) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed that there is "growing" support for the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation into drug-related killings that occurred in the Philippines under the Duterte administration. SWS vice...
President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) The fourth quarter of 2023 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed the Marcos administration has received a “very good” net rating of +52. SWS vice president Jay Sandoval presented the survey results at the 2024 SWS Survey...
Several key points were conveyed by United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Irene Khan as she summed up her observations during her 10-day visit to the Philippines. At the end of her trip on Feb. 2, Khan, rapporteur on the freedom of opinion and expression, called on the Marcos administration to...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Majority of Filipinos have expressed satisfaction with how the Marcos administration is running the country, based on the December 2023 "Tugon ng Masa" survey conducted by the OCTA Research. The survey results released on...
The administrator of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) cannot appoint the agency's representative to the Inter-Agency Committee–Tabacco (IAC-T), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. In a legal opinion issued by DOJ Undersecretary Raul T. Vasquez, the DOJ said that under Republic Act No....
