Despite the Commission on Audit’s (COA) clarification that it is “premature” to conclude that the P67 billion worth of “deficiencies” it found in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of pandemic funds is linked to corruption, Vice President Leni Robredo has flagged the unspent 2020...
A coalition of some 500 urban poor community organizations united on Monday, August 2, to launch LENI Urban Poor in a bid to call on Vice President Leni Robredo to run for president in the 2022 polls. LENI UP, a coalition of urban poor organizations, backs Vice President Leni Robredo should she...
Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David has appealed to the faithful to help feed the poor who will be affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine. Bishop Pablo Virgilio David (CBCP News) "Like I’ve said many times before, lockdowns for the poor can mean hunger, especially...
Organizations in the urban poor and social housing sector are set to launch "LENI Urban Poor" (LENI UP) coalition of federations and movements of community associations in support of Vice President Leni Robredo's bid for the presidency. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) In a statement, the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday, July 19, that it is set to conduct information caravans on government’s programs and services that can be accessed by urban poor communities. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DSWD bared its participation in the Presidential...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. We see many signs that say: "Jesus Saves!" In a way, Jesus never saved. He did not save money or wealth, nor did he keep a pile of souvenirs that will remind people of Him. Jesus did not even have a place He could call His own. He told those who wanted...
Malacañang reiterated that President Duterte's bloody drug war does not only target the poor, pointing out that suspected drug lord Peter Lim has been wanted since 2018. President Duterte meeting businessman and suspected drug lord Peter Lim in Davao City in July 2016. (RTVM Screenshot)...
Newly installed Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula on Sunday, June 27, visited the poor community in Maricaban, Pasay City which is under the Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted Parish. New Archbishop of Manila Jose Cardinal Advincula visits Bgy. Maricaban Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted...
Almost 200 household-beneficiaries have graduated from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) after attaining the self-sufficient status, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, June 16. Zenitha Ocampo, a Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiary from...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus makes a stark comparison. Both the scribes and the widow practice religion but with different perspectives. The religion of the scribe is self-serving. The widow practices a genuine piety which spirit is described in today’s First Reading: “Prayer and fasting are good,...
A measure allowing the extension of electricity lifeline rates for poor households until 2051 has been signed into law by President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Republic Act No. 11552 amended Section 73 of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 or the EPIRA...
Domestic workers or kasambahay will likely be included in the list of indigent population up for coronavirus vaccination next month, Malacañang said Tuesday. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site in Manila on May 14, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin)...
