The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 12, announced that classes for school year (SY) 2022-2023 will begin on Aug. 22, 2022 and end on July 7, 2023. Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon in December 2021 (OSDS – DepEd Sorsogon Province Official) DepEd has...
A comfortable life for all. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) This was what President Duterte vowed to give every Filipino when he took his oath as the country's 16th President in 2016. His presidency was anchored on ending illegal drugs, criminality, and corruption in three to six months....
Presidential candidate and survey frontrunner Bongbong Marcos urged Filipinos on Tuesday afternoon April 26 urged eligible Filipinos to get their booster shots, claiming that Covid-19 appeared to be "coming back". (Photos from MANILA BULLETIN, UniTeam) Marcos was holding practically his first...
EDITORS DESK Ramon Bonilla The gates are now open. Gone were the days when we were restrained to digital viewing of our favorite sporting spectacles that were staged in controlled environments — basking in bright lights but without the touch of fan interaction. An offbeat of what was supposed to...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Hundreds of thousands of children of kindergarten ages in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi returned to school on Wednesday after a months-long hiatus due to Covid-19. Unlike school pupils and university students, kindergarten children did not have online learning while the schools...
A Ukrainian mother wrote her contact details on the back of her daughter in case her family gets killed by Russian troops and her daughter survives it. Photo from Sasha Makoviy's Instagram account/ MANILA BULLETIN In an instagram post, Sasha Makoviy said she wrote her details on the back of her...
Presidential candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has vowed to help the tourism industry bounce back from the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic under his administration. Senator Ping Lacson (Facebook) Lacson gave this commitment, Monday, April 4 during his visit to the Odiongan Municipal Tourism...
Vice presidential candidate Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said that he and his presidential bet Vice President Leni Robredo would consult first those who would be affected by the government's return-to-office policy before its implementation. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo When the world came into a standstill because of the Covid-19 crisis, one of the most affected sectors was the art industry. Live performances, exhibitions, workshops and seminars were cancelled or postponed. Museums and galleries were closed. Artists took a pause,...
PROMDI Party presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao has once again denied claims that he is backing out of the May 2022 Palace race, describing them as part of a massive disinformation campaign. (Photo from Manny Pacquiao's Instagram) "Hindi po totoo iyan (That's not true)," Pacquiao said of the...
DASMARIÑAS, Cavite – Two more schools in the city started the expansion phase of limited face-to-face classes on Monday, March 7. To officially begin its classes under the new normal, St. Paul College, Island Park held its first face-to-face flag ceremony since the onset of the Covid-19...
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) appealed to educational institutions not to impose an added burden to parents by requiring their kids to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before they are allowed to go back to school. Manila Zoo pediatric vaccination (PHOTO COURTESY OF MPIO/ MANILA BULLETIN) ARTA...
