The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) started on Tuesday, November 9 the posting of what will eventually become a series of TikTok videos on Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) which will be used in the May 2022 elections. (Screenshot from Namfrel's Tiktok video posted on its...
Speculation about a possible policy rate adjustment and higher full-year inflation pushed up the yield for long-term Philippine debt papers. At a Bureau of the Treasury auction on Tuesday, Nov. 9, the interest rate for the 10-year Treasury bond went up to 5.130 percent from 4.468 percent last...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, Nov. 9 scored the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), saying the National Task Force should inoculate more people in the region. Pacquiao noted the region has the...
The National Youth Commission (NYC) is now accepting applications to the ASEAN Virtual Young Scientists Conference (AVYSC) 2021. (Unsplash) Under the theme "Smart Cities for a Sustainable ASEAN Community," AVYSC is projected to bring together about 160 young scientists across Southeast Asia to...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, Nov. 9 rallied support for the upcoming joint initiative between the government and private sector’s drive to administer at least five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines over a three-day period, urging people to “be a...
Re-electionist Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged the government to make sure that a majority of the population would get vaccinated against COVID-19 before Christmas. Hontiveros made the call as she expressed her support to the government and private sector’s initiative to conduct a...
Verbal tussles continue to rage on around various social media platforms with the May 2022 elections nearing and one of the many topics or issues being raised online is why is it that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not doing anything about premature campaigning? Posters, tarpaulins,...
The city government of Manila launched on Monday, Nov. 8, the Child Protection Handbook in line with the celebration of 29th National Children's Month. (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan led the launching and were...
Banks pressed for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans as the government mulls borrowing from small investors before the end of the year through the sale of retail Treasury bonds (RTB). At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Nov. 8, the bellwether 91-day T-bill...
National Scientist Dr. Gavino Trono will be honored during the 9th National Symposium and Scientific Meeting of the Philippine Phycological Society, Inc. (PPSI) on Nov. 12 to 13. National Scientist Dr. Gavino Trono Jr. (Batangas State University/DOST Calabarzon) The virtual symposium is jointly...
Some senators on Monday, Nov. 8 expressed readiness to tackle the amendments to the proposed P5-trillion national budget. Senator Sonny Angara, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, said the many of the committee report amendments are focused on boosting the government’s COVID-19 response,...
The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) welcomed the decision of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to withdraw its latest order on new labelling requirements for imported meat. 43979 In a letter to DA, PAMPI thanked DA Secretary William Dar for his decision to order the...
