The Quezon City government has legitimized the union of over 6,000 indigent couples in the city through its month-long Kasalang Bayan. A total of 6,233 indigent QCitizen couples were able to solemnize their union for free. “Our Kasalang Bayan primarily aims to provide support to indigent couples...
A total of 17 babies were formally welcomed to the Christian world during the “Binyagang Bayan” launched by the Pasay City government on Feb. 25. The babies were christened at the Sta. Clara de Montefalco Parish Church. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubinao said the Binyagang Bayan was the first ever mass...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is introduced as the “Bantay ng Bayan (Guard of the Nation)” in his new campaign ad released on Thursday, Feb. 24 for his 2022 senatorial bid. (Screenshot from Sen. Trillanes’ Facebook page) During his 12-year term in Senate from 2007 to 2018, the former...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año has directed the local government units (LGUs) to strengthen the “Botika ng Bayan and Botika ng Barangay’’ programs amid the efforts to discourage sari-sari (variety) stores not to sell medicines. “Mayroon din...
Bayan Muna party-list, on Thursday, Feb. 17, has filed a resolution seeking an investigation into the recent cyberattacks conducted against the websites of several news outlets for alleged biased reporting. Bayan Muna representatives Carlos Zarate, Ferdinand Gaite, and Eufemia Cullamat filed House...
A tale about poverty and politics is set to come alive again on stage as Tanghalang Pilipino Actors Company plans to restage Layeta Bucoy’s “Doc Resurreccion, Gagamutin ang Bayan.” If COVID restrictions ease further, there may even be a chance for a live staging of the show at the Cultural...
Bayan Muna Party-list has filed on Monday, Feb, 21, House Resolution (HR) 2496 to condemn and to pursue a congressional inquiry on the allegedly unconstitutional arrest and detention of Dr. Maria Natividad Castro by the Philippine National Police (PNP). Dr. Ma. Natividad Marian S. Castro Formally...
A civil servant from Sorsogon City employed a variety of teaching tools and methods to spark the interest of students in Mathematics and dispel their fear of numbers. Elementary school children wearing face masks sit in a classroom on Natuna island in Riau islands province on 4 February, 2020....
The Makabayan bloc, particularly Bayan Muna Party-list, wants to conduct a House probe on the "outrageous and highly condemnable" arrest of suspected Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (NPA) member, Dr. Maria Natividad Castro. (Photo from Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos...
Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed her sympathy to the family of Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee Ambalang Ausalin who passed away on Friday, Feb. 18. Vice President Leni Robredo with Ambalang Ausalin (Photo courtesy of VP Leni Robredo) "Mourning the loss of Ambalang Ausalin, who fought to...
Thirty-six couples in Pateros got married in the municipal government’s “Kasalang Bayan 2022” held on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce officiated the wedding in the ceremony attended also by Vice Mayor Gerald German and councilors at the Villa Monica Resort in...
(PULSE ASIA) If the May 9 elections were held today, only nine party-list groups would have the support of 2 percent of Filipino voters, according to the Pulse Asia Research's Pulso ng Bayan pre-electoral survey conducted from Jan. 19 to 24. Pulse Asia asked 2,400 respondents nationwide to choose...
