Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano urged the City Council on Wednesday, May 26, to pass an ordinance that will penalize those who are reportedly selling COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination slots. Rubiano said asking the City Council to immediately enact an ordinance was in response to the call of...
Small local investors were still the main movers of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in the first-quarter this year, which the Department of Finance (DOF) attributed to the trust and confidence of the public in the regulatory institutions. Screen Shot 2021-05-24 at 2.46.56 PM Based on a report...
It seems the proposed reunion of President Duterte with former presidents to tackle issues pertaining to the West Philippine Sea issue may no longer take place. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, there was no urgency for the...
The Muntinlupa City Council on Monday passed a resolution and an ordinance congratulating and awarding P50,000 to 2nd Lt. Jan Hernan Perez, 22, who placed fourth overall in the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Masaligan” (MAndirigmang SAmahan na Lakas at SandiGAN ng Bayan) Class of 2021....
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, May 23, backed the call of retired military officers for a united stand against China’s increasing aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), stressing the importance for the country to have “one voice” in the maritime disputes. Robredo said that...
Farmers in Pampanga will soon be providing food supply to the National Nutrition Council (NNC) to feed hundreds of malnourished children and pregnant women in Metro Manila. (File photo/Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has linked up the Sto. Tomas – San Luis...
Malacañang disclosed that President Duterte was considering meeting with his predecessors to discuss the issues concerning the West Philippine Sea. File photo of President Duterte meeting former presidents Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Fidel Ramos, and Benigno Aquino III in...
Senators on Thursday urged the country’s leaders to discuss, unify and come up with a strong stand on the issues hounding the West Philippine Sea to counter the confusing statements the public is hearing from Malacanang. Senator Grace Poe said convening the National Security Council (NSC) to...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez has ordered an investigation into a video circulating in social media involving a recent game participated in by minors without face masks during a fiesta in Barangay Baclaran last Sunday (May 16). Olivarez reiterated his call on Wednesday, (May 19) for barangay...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Wednesday (May 19) that local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila will soon begin vaccinating economic frontliners under the A4 category. A senior citizen inoculated with AstraZeneca COIVD -19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Paranaque City on...
Twenty-seven farmer groups from Western Visayas have vowed to provide a steady supply of food products in order to sustain a program that's designed to benefit pregnant women and malnourished children. (Keith Bacongco / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The agrarian reform beneficiaries’...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned President Duterte early in his presidency that “there will be trouble” if the latter insisted on drilling for oil in the resource-rich West Philippine Sea (WPS) that the Philippines and China, along with four other nations, are claiming as their own....
