The Philippine National Police (PNP) is all set for the strict implementation of granular lockdowns after the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) on Saturday, Aug. 21. Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Chief of the Philippine National Police (File photo...
The executive department's proposal for a P240-billion budget for coronavirus response next year might have to go through the needle hole as senators doubt its ability to fully spend it. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, chairman...
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will once again breathe life into Filipino folk tales through an online storytelling event in time with the celebration of this year’s “Buwan ng Wika.” (Photo from National Commission for Culture and the Arts) The program, dubbed “Sa...
Regular sessions in the House of Representatives will resume Monday, August 23, the expected date for the submission by the Duterte administration of the proposed 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion, the highest in the country's history. House of Representatives4 In a memorandum issued by...
"An extra hour is not enough to decide our future." Students from the De La Salle University (DLSU) and Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) denounced Commission on Elections' (Comelec) decision to reject voter registration extension. (DLSU / AdMU) On Wednesday, Aug. 18, Comelec extended voters hours...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is now trying to reach out to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as certain sand and gravel quarry sites start to threaten several irrigation projects in the country....
President Duterte may deliver another public address this week to announce Metro Manila's new quarantine classification as its stay under strict lockdown is set to end on August 20, Malacañang said. File photo (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement a...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday, August 19 said he finds the resignation of Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado worrisome especially since the proposed National Expenditure Program (NEP) of the government for 2022 has not yet been submitted to Congress. Malacanang has confirmed...
Malacañang said at least P240 billion would be required to fund the government's coronavirus response efforts in 2022. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI...
One out of five Filipino pregnant and lactating women exhibited insufficient iodine nutrition, based on the results of the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) 2018-2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) has revealed the names of some Cabinet members they are considering including in the party’s senatorial slate for the May 2022 national elections. Melvin Matibag, PDP-Laban secretary general and a part of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s...
The Duterte government will seek the swift passage of a proposed ₱ 5.024 trillion national budget for next year to sustain its pandemic response, social services, infrastructure development, among others. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The bulk of the proposed 2022...
