Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, October 27, simply laughed off allegations on social media that her camp and supporters handed out cash during a nationwide motorcade last weekend. Vice President Leni Robredo (Solid Leni Bicol/Facebook) Asked about the issue during a...
To provide updates on and co-strategize solutions to current basic education issues, the Department of Education (DepEd) met with education stakeholders and non-government organizations in a virtual dialogue. (Photo from DepEd) “Itong mga ganitong klase ng (These kinds of) dialogue ay napakaganda...
The Duterte administration will continue to carry out projects for conflict-affected areas and areas that were identified to have been freed from the influence of leftist groups. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (Photo from PCOO Facebook) Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary...
All cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbaria across the country will be closed to the public from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 as the nation observes the traditional All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days (Undas) amid the prevailing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Secretary Eduardo Ano...
A P12 minimum fare is being eyed by several transport groups as they formally filed on Wednesday, Oct. 13, a petition for a fare increase amid skyrocketing fuel prices and financial woes triggered by the pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Transport group leaders trooped to the Land...
Less than a year before his term ends, President Duterte is being pressed by environment groups to act on their call to ban the use of single-use plastics as they assert "plastic pollution crisis should be addressed as urgently as the COVID-19 reponse." Environment groups EcoWaste Coalition, Break...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said he agrees that an amnesty for rebel groups would be key to a national reconciliation as the government pursues peace and order. Lacson expressed his view on the issue as his the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and...
Pro-environment groups are calling on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to implement reforms in the conduct of elections next year to avoid repeat of previous approaches that supposedly violated the laws and harmed the environment. In a letter submitted to Comelec Chairman Sheriff M. Abas,...
While Vice President Leni Robredo is giving “serious thought” on her possible 2022 presidential bid, her supporters on Tuesday, Sept. 7, said they would give the needed space for her to decide. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) Joseph Quesada, one of the convenors of...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- As a humanitarian catastrophe looms, relief organizations are scrambling to maintain their operations in war-ravaged Afghanistan, holding high-stakes talks with the Taliban in a bid to salvage their critical lifeline of aid. A helicopter displaying a Taliban flag flies above...
The outpouring of support for Vice President Leni Robredo over the past few weeks did not fall on deaf ears as her spokesman said on Thursday, September 2, that she will consider these when she soon makes her decision about the 2022 polls. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Robredo’s...
Vice President Leni Robredo is very close to making her decision on whether or not to run for the presidency in the May 2022 polls, her spokesman said on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) “Nagpapasalamat si VP Leni sa lahat ng mga nagpahayag ng kanilang tiwala at suporta....