A model of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is on display during the Asian Defense and Security (ADAS) exhibit in Pasay City, Sept. 25, 2024. In photo is Mr. Praveen Pathak, director of market promotion and export at BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. (Photo by Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has created a special committee to review the government’s public transport modernization program (PTMP), particularly to address the concerns of various transport groups. Under Special Order No. 2025-152, DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon instructed...
A lawmaker sees the need to review the implementation of the more than two-decade-old Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) in a bid to update its enforcement, if necessary. Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Alfred delos Santos on Friday, March 29, vowed to pursue and prioritize...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero renewed his call for the government to first resolve the concerns of transport groups regarding on financing before pushing for the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP). “My position has not changed. Until the government perfects the...
Police Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin, director of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all policemen tapped to secure the three-day transport strike to exercise maximum tolerance in dealing with angry jeepney drivers and operators. The transport strike initiated by Manibela started on...
More than 8,000 policemen will be deployed in Metro Manila to secure various areas where protesting transport operators and drivers are expected to converge for the three-day transport strike starting Monday, March 24. Police Maj. Hazel Asilo, spokesperson of the National Capital Region...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is seeking a dialogue with Manibela after the transport group announced that it will be holding a three-day transport strike starting Monday, March 24. “We recognize that it is within Manibela's rights to make their concerns heard,” the DOTr...
Transport group Manibela will conduct a three-day strike starting Monday, March 24, in protest of what it described as a blatant lie committed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) when it allegedly submitted wrong figures on the status of the modernization plan of the...
Suggst The National Food Authority (NFA) will allocate ₱10 billion for its modernization program, set to be fully operational next year, aimed at expanding rice storage, constructing new rice mills, and upgrading of drying facilities. The NFA said half of the funding was already granted...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino on Thursday, March 6 said the death of the two Philippine Air Force (PAF) pilots from the FA-50 jet fighter that crashed should not in any way delay the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program. Sen. Francis Tolentino (Contributed...
Whether with or without the help of allies, the Philippines must always be prepared to defend itself and sustain its defense modernization, a Malacañang official said. A Philippine Navy personnel posts for side watch for ship maneuvers during the 6th MMCA held in the West Philippine Sea on Feb. 5,...
Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido (Photo by PA) The Philippine Army (PA) created a new advisory group that would assist them in their pivot to external security operations and modernization program. Army chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido spearheaded the first-ever meeting of the newly-formed PA...
