Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to protest China’s latest alarming activities in the West Philippine Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (DFA) Locsin’s order came a day after Muntinlupa Representative Rozzano...
Malacañang assured health care workers that their other benefits mandated by law will be given to them but noted that the issue with their special risk allowance (SRA) was already a case closed. Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPEs) from different public and private hospitals...
"Enough is enough." Healthcare workers staged a protest action outside the Department of Health (DOH) Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, Sept. 1, to press them to release their long delayed benefits. Clad in their personal protective equipment while holding placards and empty cans, healthcare...
Activists and action leaders are making a political statement through fashion It looks like effigies and banners aren't enough this time as activists and action leaders are using fashion as an avenue to rebel. They have turned the traditional barong and terno into "protest outfits" and wear them...
There is no stopping the country’s teachers from marching alongside many sectors this Monday, July 26, to express dismay over President Duterte’s “empty” promises and programs and policies that resulted in the suffering of the country’s education sector. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The...
Critics of the Duterte administration are set to conduct rallies in different parts of Metro Manila on and before Monday as the President delivers his 6th and last State of the Nation Address (SONA). Various groups will hold activities, collectively called "wakaSONA" activities, starting Friday,...
Filipinos in Myanmar are advised to refrain from participating in the ongoing protests for their own safety, an envoy said Wednesday. In this file photo taken on March 3, 2021, a protester uses a fire extinguisher as others holding homemade shields run during a demonstration against the military...
The Filipino - American community appealed to the Los Angeles (LA) City Council to intervene in LAWA (Los Angeles Worlds Airport)'s move to transfer the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Gates from the main terminal of LA International Airport (LAX) to the Midfield Satellite Concourse, at least 20 minutes...
Let’s mimic a pageant Q&A and ask me ‘What is the relevance of byukons to the LGBTQIA+ community?’ This is my answer By Jontie Martinez WINNER! The author in winning form They call us konteseras or byukoneras , a play on the words beauty contest . We reigned in every nook and cranny where...
A group of education workers is currently protesting the lack of support coming from the government amid pandemic using their laptops. Photo from ACT/FB Using the hashtags #GuroHindiMakina and #LaptopProtest, members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) started holding protests using their...
Malacañang has no information about the reported lingering presence of Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea based on data obtained by a United States-based technology firm. The Chinese vessels spotted by local authorities at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 2021 (Photo courtesy of National Task...
Vice President Leni Robredo revealed on Tuesday, May 18, that she’s happier as a mother to her three daughters than becoming the country’s second-highest official. VP Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Robredo has three daughters—Aika, Tricia, and Jillian—with the late interior...
