For them to be more confident in the future, the Department of Education (DepEd) encouraged communities and parents to keep supporting girls and young women. (Photo from DepEd) “We also have to encourage the parents, the communities to make the first move or support the first move of these girls...
The National Museum of the Philippines is hosting the ASEAN Museum Congress 2021, an online international conference of museum professionals and heritage stakeholders, from Oct. 26 to 28, 2021. With the theme, “Museum Interpretation in Times of Disaster: Museum Education, Exhibitions and Public...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III urged workers to report employers that are imposing a "no vaccine, no salary" policy as he reiterated that the practice is illegal. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) In a virtual media briefing...
Philippine business and labor groups have passed a joint resolution calling on the Duterte administration to act on 11 recommendations, including addressing corruption and passage of Bayanihan 3, to ensure safe reopening of the domestic economy and protect lives. The 10 groups under the Leaders’...
Juvenile delinquency has always been a problem plaguing the country and calls to change the juvenile justice law in Congress have started these past few years. Village watchmen in Parañaque City apprehend nine youths after they were caught in a computer shop past curfew on Sept. 5, 2021. (Photo...
Despite the current "abundance" of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the country, Malacañang still isn't keen on making vaccination mandatory among Filipinos. The House of Representatives, dubbed the "lower chamber" in the Philippine legislature (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
Projects in the railway sector will get the largest share of the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) P151.34 billion budget that has been approved in the plenary deliberations of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 29. The interior of the newly built Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2...
Progressive labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno has urged lawmakers and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to prioritize the rights and welfare of workers in the agency’s budget amid the ongoing pandemic. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) KMU with other groups from the migrants and youth...
What’s the one wish that the Robredo sisters—Aika, Tricia, and Jillian—have for their ever-busy mother, Vice President Leni Robredo? To have the time to travel and "chill" with them. Vice President Leni Robredo and her daughters Aika, Tricia, and Jillian (The Leni Robredo Podcast/Facebook) In...
The Senate has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the bill that seeks to simplify the adoption process in the Philippines. Senate of the Philippines plenary hall (Senate PRIB) Senator Risa Hontiveros, chair of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender...
President Duterte has "given the cue" for legislators to create a law that would allow the executive to exercise its so-called police power over those who do not want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a presentation during the "Talk...
The government can invoke police power of the State, but there is need for a new law that would compel people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang said on Tuesday, September 28, In his virtual media briefing, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the...
