The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) enjoined the public on Monday, Sept. 20, to celebrate the National Family Week (NFW) on Sept. 20 to 27. (Unsplash) This year's theme, "Pamilya at Teknolohiya: Magkabalikat na Mapagtagumpayan ang Hamon ng Pandemya" focuses on the positive role...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured on Monday, Sept. 20, that it is set to augment the resources of the local government units (LGUs) during the implementation of the alert level system with granular lockdowns. (PNA) Pursuant to the Memorandum Circular No. 11 series of...
The local stock market followed through on last Friday’s weakness due to lack of fresh leads. The main index dropped 54.95 points or 0.79 percent to close at 6,857.90 as the Mining and Oil counter led the retreat while the Services sector was the only gainer. 33707 Volume was about average at...
Malacanang has ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP), a mega free trade deal seeking to grant zero duty on goods traded among 15 countries that account for 29 percent of global gross domestic product. The document was ratified by President Rodrigo Duterte on September 2...
Listed diversified firm San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is targeting to operate the Stage 3 of the P24.4-billion Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project (BBWSP) by January 2023, following the government approval on the firm’s updated business plan (UBP) for the project. ANGAT DAM “We are targeting the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) mourned on Sunday, Sept. 19, the death of "social change champion" Corazon "Dinky" Soliman. Dinky Soliman (From Dinky Soliman’s Facebook) Soliman headed DSWD under the administrations of the late President Benigno Aquino III and former...
Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman died on Sunday, Sept. 19. She was 68. Dinky Soliman (From Dinky Soliman's Facebook) This was confirmed by former Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima. Purisima remembered Soliman as an "untiring community...
The Philippines has renewed its commitment to the international community to adopt anticipatory action to prevent or mitigate potential disaster impacts even before such crises happen. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. delivering his remarks during the virtual high-level humanitarian...
Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman passed away on Sunday morning, Sept. 19, Vice President Leni Robredo has confirmed. Former Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman (FILE PHOTO/HANAH TABIOS/MANILA BULLETIN)...
The construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension, the Philippines’ first airport-bound highspeed railway, will create 10,000 jobs and cut down travel time between Metro Manila and Clark to only about an hour, Japanese Ambassador to Manila Koshikawa Kazuhiko said over the...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed K-pop group BLACKPINK as a new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate. Guterres appointed BLACKPINK along with Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, STEM activist Valentina Muñoz Rabanal and Microsoft President Brad Smith as new...
A civic group hailed the approval by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of a formal probe into President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war and the Davao Death Squad killings. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Civil society is heartened by the ICC's move to authorize the investigation on crimes against humanity...