The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will be launching today, Aug. 25, its new online film festival dubbed "Sine Halaga" that will feature films highlighting Filipino cultural values. Sine Halaga Film Festival Director Elvert Bañares said the virtual film fest, organized in...
Should he run for president, Senator Richard Gordon said he would choose a "public health person" to be his vice president. Senator Richard Gordon (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) "I'm looking for a public health person. We have to get out of COVID. And I will need somebody other than my secretary of...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles says ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is open to giving Senator Manny Pacquiao a slot in their senatorial ticket for next year's polls. Senator Manny Pacquiao (Photo from Pacquiao's Instagram) Nograles was asked point-blank in a...
Vice President Leni Robredo is proposing to include the ayuda or cash aid and the conditional cash grant to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the 2022 national budget to curb the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Filipinos and small businesses. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at...
Ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) will surely have a standard-bearer for the May 2022 elections come Sept. 8, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Nograles's Facebook) PDP-Laban will hold on that day its national...
Senator Nancy BInay on Tuesday criticized the Duterte government’s plan to increase the budget by P11-billion of its anti-insurgency task force while slashing the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine’s (RITM) budget by P170-million under the proposed P5.0240-trillion budget for 2022. Binay...
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, August 24 slammed the government’s move to seek P4.5-billion worth of confidential and intelligence funds for President Duterte under the proposed P5.024-trillion budget for 2022. At a time of a COVID-19 pandemic, Hontiveros said such funds could be...
"Eh 'di wow." Senator Risa Hontiveros has this to say Tuesday, August 24, following an announcement that President Duterte will seek the vice presidency in the 2022 elections. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB) Hontiveros said that while political parties have their respective processes for...
The national government plans to spend more than P1 trillion to settle some of its liabilities next year, but at the same time borrow over P2 trillion, data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) revealed. Under the proposed budget plan for 2022 submitted to Congress, the national...
President Duterte could set an example for Filipino politicians in dynasties to continue their practice if he pursues his bid for vice presidency. Senator Richard Gordon addresses members of the media in an online briefing on August 24, 2021. (MANILA BULLETIN Screencapture) Senator Richard Gordon...
The proposed budget increase for the government’s anti-communist task force, previously criticized for engaging in red-tagging and harassment of government critics, will be used for poverty alleviation and development projects, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, August 24....
Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III are not bothered by President Duterte's reported acceptance of PDP-Laban's nomination as its vice presidential candidate in the 2022 national and local elections. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (right) and Senate President Vicente 'Tito'...
