Military personnel from the 1001st Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army rescue an elderly woman from her flooded house in Davao on Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by 1001st Infantry Brigade) The number of affected persons due to flooding and landslides in Davao Region (Region 11) has risen to more than...
Former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Former Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. has chided the Senate for making it appear that ithe chamber was spearheading the possible amendments to the...
Everchance Gaming Corp.'s lottery machine (Everchance Gaming Corp.'s Facebook page) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, alongside three other lawmakers, are calling on President Marcos to junk the franchise of Evenchance Gaming Corp. as operator of...
More than 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are set to benefit from the decision of Taiwan’s immigration authorities to grant multiple visa entry for foreign workers, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 16. MECO chairman Silvestre H. Bello III said the...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao-Eastern (OPAMINE) has sought to enhance and reinforce disaster preparedness in the Davao region to avoid future casualties. Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno said he met Office of Civil Defense-11...
Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) Chairperson Jesus Ortega on Monday, Jan. 15, compared drivers of modern jeepneys to employees in big cities like Makati or Cubao because the jeepney modernization program will lead to a salary-based compensation with overtime pay and social and health...
(L-R) OCD Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno and Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Bruce Hartman (Photo by OCD) The Philippines and Canada have discussed ways how to strengthen their cooperation on civil defense and disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM), the Office of Civil...
Over 2.6 million kilograms of trash were collected during the launch of the Marcos administration's Kalinga at Inisyatiba Para Sa Malinis na Bayan (Kalinisan) program on Saturday, Jan. 6, Malacañang said Monday. CLEANUP DRIVE — Members from government agencies, private groups, and...
PCG Commandant, Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan (File photo) Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant, Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan on Monday, Jan. 8, directed an investigation on a junior officer whose video of reckless driving along Southern Luzon Expressway (SLEX) went viral on social media. Coast Guard...
MECO chair Silvestre Bello III receives from TECO head and Taiwan Representative to the Philippines Wallace Chow 20,000 sacks of donated rice for poor Filipino families and victims of disasters and calamities last week. The turn over was witnessed by MECO and TECO officials. (photo: MECO) ...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said that the supply of electricity has been restored in Panay Island in the Western Visayas as the power plant in the region resumed operation on Friday, Jan. 5. Citing an interview with Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta,...
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) said that focusing on water management policies would effectively mitigate the effects of the incoming El Niño phenomenon. In a statement, ULAP National President and Quirino Governor Dakila Carlo E. Cua said that the country must focus on...
