Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Monday evening, June 20, rejected president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the Department of Agriculture’s Secretary, claiming that Marcos will only worsen hunger in the country. (Department of Agriculture / Manila Bulletin)...
A Department of Agriculture (DA) that is under the supervision of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. can actually create a resilient Philippine food security, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion believed. According to Concepcion, many of the country's micro,...
The fate of the K-to-12 education hangs on a balance as Vice President-elect Sara Duterte admitted on Monday, June 20, that it will be taken up by the next administration. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Duterte, the incoming Education chief, said the...
President-elect Bongbong Marcos is taking on the portfolio of Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary, as least temporarily. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Bureau) Marcos announced this himself in an impromptu press conference Monday, June 20, at the BBM headquarters in Mandaluyong...
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, June 20, refuted various claims, reiterating that planting food is not a crime and supporting farmers is not a criminal act. Farmers and advocates on Hacienda Tinang (Photo from Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) The statement is in...
Incoming Department of National Defense (DND) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Jose Faustino Jr. vowed to continue the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as the DND looks to give more emphasis now on territorial or external defense. Retired general Jose Faustino Jr. (File photo...
Just in time for the 161st birth anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in partnership with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), launched a special exhibit in Museo de Calamba at the Rizal Shrine in Calamba, Laguna on Sunday, June...
To continue its efforts of supporting grassroots 3x3 basketball, Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas backed the Department of Education's Palarong Pambansa 3x3 tournament. Photo from Chooks to Go The test run for the Palarong Pambansa's 3x3 tournament was held from June 17-18, 2022 in Iriga City, Camarines Sur...
The Department of Finance (DOF) maintained that the government should continue the more targeted approach of fuel subsidy as it warns against bowing to pressure to suspend excise taxes on petroleum. As the incoming Marcos administration is coming under pressure from several parties to implement a...
A group of teachers has come up with a list of what they want Vice President-elect Sara Duterte to focus on once she formally assumes her post as the Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice President-elect Sara Duterte delivers her inaugural address in Davao City on June 19, 2022...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) More than 400,000 healthcare workers have already received their respective “One Covid-19 allowance (OCA),” an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. A total of 526,727 healthcare workers are eligible to receive the OCA, said DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo...
Addressing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education and the K to 12 Program are among the priority areas that Vice President-elect Sara Duterte will focus on once she sits as the Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice president-elect and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Keith...