Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said the 24-member Senate has a bloc of almost a dozen independently elected senators who are looking forward to working productively with the new administration for the good of the Filipino people. Zubiri, a re-electionist, has made it to the "Magic 12",...
The prospective administration of leading presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos will be quite accommodating to vloggers. (John Esperancilla/ Unsplash) This can be gleaned from the statement of Marcos spokesperson and chief-of-staff, lawyer Vic Rodriguez, who on Wednesday afternoon, May 11, was...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Tuesday renewed his appeal to Filipinos to uphold the sanctity of the elections and respect the results that would come after. Go made the appeal hours after partial results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) show former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong”...
Senator Imee Marcos has warned that the government is about to violate the law in resuming the importation of 200,000 metric tons of sugar despite two court orders suspending it. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate committee on economic affairs, said that the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) on...
Political repression. That's how Magdalo Party-list Rep. Manuel Cabochan III described the treatment of the incarcerated Senator Leila de Lima as he joined the call to free her from detention. Senator Leila de Lima (Photo from Facebook/Leila de Lima) This, after self-confessed drug lord Rolan...
In this file photo taken on May 07, 2021, Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccines are seen on a table in Los Angeles, California. Frederic J. BROWN / AFP The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of Janssen Covid-19 vaccine as booster shots among fully vaccinated...
Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik Light, and Janssen vaccines have been approved for the administration of the second booster shot, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) Health...
The more than 700 police officers who were involved in the illegal drug trade should not only be dismissed from service, but they must also be prosecuted and jailed, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s Facebook page) Diokno made the remark...
The National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is looking to roll out the second booster for specific populations nationwide "as soon as possible", the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, April 14. A senior citizen getting his booster shot in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) In a...
The country will experience generally fair weather on Maundy Thursday, April 14 although some areas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers due to the trough of Typhoon "Malakas", the state weather bureau said. (Satellite image from PAGASA / MANILA BULLETIN) According to Philippine...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved administering a second Covid-19 booster shot for select individuals, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, April 13. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday urged the government to heed the local Filipino farmers call and refrain from importing agricultural products if it would hurt them. Go, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, made the call after the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)...
