The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has reported a 460 percent increase increase in the smuggling of Methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), popularly known as ecstasy, into the country. “Smuggling of ecstasy is expanding in the last three years. It grew from 13,000 tablets in 2019 to...
The Muntinlupa City government has finally decided to avail of a low-interest loan being offered by Land Bank of the Philippines after the latter reminded that the program will expire next month. During the flag raising ceremony on March 21, Mayor Jaime Fresnedi announced that the city...
The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday, March 15 formed a technical working group (TWG) to iron-out various concepts and proposals on how to develop the energy rich 24-million hectare undersea Philippine Rise (Benham Rise) off eastern Luzon. This came after Senator Imee Marcos,...
Government anti-narcotics authorities confiscated a total of P424,747,925.6 million worth of illegal drugs from Feb. 27 to March 5, which is far more than their drug haul of P159 million in the previous week. In a news briefing with the President on Monday night, March 7, Department of the Interior...
Filipino basketball fans can look forward to Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty , a new 10-episode HBO Original sports drama series from award-winning filmmaker Adam McKay ( The Big Short , Vice ), as it premieres same time as the U.S. on Monday, March 7 at 10am on HBO and HBO GO with a...
A total of 2,619 fire incidents have already been recorded in the country since January this year. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the figure is higher compared to a total of 1,812 fire incidents from January to March last year. In an interview over GMA News, BFP spokesperson Supt. Annalee...
The Philippines may record its slowest population growth this year as the total number of Filipinos is projected to increase by only 0.3 percent or 324,000 compared to 2020. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) called the 2021 record "historic," adding...
CHRISTMAS STUFFING Cheesy embutido Like most peasant households, ours did not serve cheese as a regular item on the dining table. An exception was kesadilyo, a fresh white cheese that grandma made from leftover carabao’s milk. A second type came every December with Chinese ham, US apples, and...
Editorial In 10 years, the Manila Metropolitan Theater, simply the Met, will turn 100 years old. It opened to the public on Dec. 10, 1931. From day one, it had been a cultural landmark at once local, even native, and global, an edifice built to house the Filipino proud of his place in the world. A...
Various students' groups penned an open letter to the national government, calling for weekly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing instead of mandatory vaccination of students who will participate in limited face-to-face classes. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) The open letter, drafted by the...
Two youth organizations backed Baguio students' call for a city-wide academic break amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Dasig SLU) On Saturday, Oct. 30, student councils from universities in Baguio City appealed in a joint letter to Mayor Benjamin Magalong, Rep. Mark Go, and Sangguniang...
Edler Panlilio, SAP’s managing director for SAP Philippines, and Chaye Cabal-Revilla, Metro Pacific Investments Corp, chief finance & sustainability officer Recognizing the need to be an intelligent enterprise in today’s ‘never normal,’ Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC)...
