Vice President Leni Robredo's camp hailed Senator Manny Pacquiao's appeal for a poltical "ceasefire" among their fellow 2022 presidential aspirants amid the race to respond to the plight of typhoon "Odette's" victims. Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, Robredo's spokesperson, highlighted on Friday, Dec. 17,...
The Philippine office of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is calling on the government to urgently take concrete steps to address climate change as the country's delegates to the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) return home. WWF in a statement urged the government...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far provided assistance to over 7 million individuals in crisis situations, distributing financial aid worth about P30.1 billion. (DSWD/MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista reported this to President Duterte...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid A worrisome finding during a recent Pulse Asia survey is that “environmental destruction” ranks only no. 12 among our “most urgent national concerns,” and that it is not even on the list of the seven personal concerns. Yet, the most urgent personal...
Advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) on Thursday, Nov. 4, called on legislators to pass the Education Commission (EDCOM) Bill in the remaining months of the 18th Congress. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We have a small window of opportunity to pass the bill before...
An advocacy group on Thursday, Nov. 4, pointed out positive developments in the the education sector this year in spite of the “learning crisis” in the country. Tamulaya Elementary School in Polillo Island prepares for the pilot face-to-face classes starting Nov. 15, 2021 (Photo from DepEd) The...
Ahead of the two-day visit by Vice President Leni Robredo to Negros Occidental, a youth group there on Thursday, November 4, unveiled their youth agenda and expressed their support for the presidential aspirant. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) Negros Youth for Leni...
The loss of working hours in 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is expected to be significantly higher than estimated, the International Labor Organization (ILO) reported Friday, Oct. 29. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In its latest monitoring report on the impact of COVID-19...
An international environment organization is pressing the Philippine delegation to the United Nations (UN) climate talks to push for an urgent fossil fuel phaseout and hold companies that are big environment polluters accountable amid reports that the world is still lagging behind its goal to...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has called on young innovators to contribute their skills and ideas in the fight against climate change, and spearhead efforts to educate and motivate the country’s youth to take action in protecting the planet’s future. Finance Secretary Carlos G....
The country’s agriculture sector has sustained nearly P2-billion damage from Severe Tropical Storm Maring, but losses are expected to further rise. Photo from Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas In the latest report of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Maring’s damage and losses to farm sector...
There will be no water shortage in the next summer on the back of short-term to medium-term security efforts of the government and its concessionaires, new Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Administrator Leonor Cleofas assured. In a phone interview, Cleofas said there will be no...
