This year's State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25 at the Batasang Pambansa Complex will be the first for President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., who won a historic majority mandate during the May polls. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (BBM Media Bureau) It will be the...
A simple and traditional State of the Nation Address (SONA). House Secretary General Mark Llandro Mendoza (Facebook) That's supposedly the request of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to the House leadership for his first SONA on Monday, July 25. "Ang gusto ng Malacañang maging simple...
Over P100 million in taxpayer's money. The newly-renovated House plenary hall (Facebook) That's roughly how much the House of Representatives has spent in renovating Batasang Pambansa Complex ahead of the 19th Congress, which will begin in earnest on Monday, July 25. That day, on that venue,...
An estimated 27 million Filipinos were classified as obese, an official of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) said. (Obesity/ Unsplash) This is based on the recent data of the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), said NNC Nutrition Information...
K-pop group Aespa sold more than one million copies of their new album to set a new record. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, Aespa’s “Girls” album, released on July 8, sold 1,126,068 in the first week of release. Aespa (Twitter) With this, Hanteo Chart said, Aespa emerged as...
A lone bettor became an instant millionaire after winning the over P401 million jackpot prize in the Grand Lotto 6/55 during Saturday night's draw. The bettor correctly guessed the winning numbers 02-18-49-07-19-47 for a total earnings of P401,186,804.80, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office...
Government anti-narcotics operatives seized P102 million worth of shabu following the arrest of two Chinese nationals on Monday night, July, 4 in a buy-bust operation in Malate, Manila. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) spokesperson Derrick Carreon said that Bin Hu, 42; and, Jiankang Liang,...
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized some P272 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Quezon City on Sunday, July 3. PDEA Director General Wikins Villanueva said the operation also resulted in the arrest of a suspected big-time Chinese drug trafficker identified as...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in partnership with Runrio Inc., successfully held its Million Volunteer Run 6 (MVR 6) Virtual Bike and Run Edition culminating activity via Zoom on Sunday, June 12. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) Over 3,000 cyclists and bikers nationwide shared their time, skills, and...
Should there still be no winner, the jackpot prize of Grand Lotto 6/55 is expected to hit P160 million after Saturday night’s draw, June 4. (Screenshot taken from PCSO’s Facebook Live) This came after nobody was lucky enough to guess the winning combination of Grand Lotto 6/55 during its most...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) remains hopeful that it will be able to meet its target of fully vaccinating 77 million Filipinos against Covid-19 by the end of June. “We will do our best to reach the 77 million fully vaxxed by June 30,” said DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje during a public...
K-pop idol group Tomorrow X Together (TXT) sold nearly 1.25 million copies of their new mini-album in one week and topped the chart. TXT released "Minisode 2: Thursday's Child" on May 9 and according to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, the album garnered 1,248,370 copies in first-week sales from May 9 to 15...
