EDITORS DESK BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT The remaining strands of protection for domestic enterprises from majority foreign control will be lifted once the three pending economic bills are passed into law. In his last state of the nation address, President Duterte made a last ditch appeal to Congress...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday called on the government to resolve the plight of commuters who are forced to endure hardships and miseries whenever they travel to and from their work during this pandemic. Hontiveros noted road travel expenses of ordinary Filipino workers rose by nearly 20...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a fresh funding support to the Philippine government that aims to help young Filipinos find quality jobs after the pandemic. In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral institution said that the ADB approved a $400 million policy-based loan to support...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said senators are poised to scrutinize the programs and projects of at least four government agencies in the upcoming debates on the proposed 2022 national budget. Sotto identified the agencies as the Departments of Health (DOH), Public Works and...
A member of the Makati City Public Safety Department (PSD), who allegedly extorted P200,000 from a restaurant-bar owner in Barangay Poblacion, was arrested by policemen on Thursday night (July 23) during an entrapment operation in Makati City. (Photos courtesy of Makati City Police) Police...
A better travel experience awaits motorists going to Bulacan as the Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) signed an agreement to start the construction of a service road in Marilao town. (Photo from the Department of Transportation) Transportation Secretary...
In a bid to increase safe mobility, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has proposed the deployment of buses for commuters who have completed their vaccination against the coronavirus disease. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion talks to Trade Secretary...
Liezel Lopez admits to having dumped Kristoffer Martin. But only after Kristoffer was seen traveling somewhere romantic with AC Banzon. Yes, the mother of his child. The one he dumped for Liezel. If things sound a bit convoluted well, it actually gets worse. In this case, we don't know who will...
Transport advocacy group Move As One Coalition is prodding Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade to revise the policy on tollways to allow the entry of public utility vehicles (PUVs). SMC Skyway 3 (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "It has come to our attention that tollway...
In support of commuters’ appeal for more public utility vehicles (PUVs), Rizal 2nd District Representative Fidel Nograles on Tuesday, July 20, called on concerned government agencies to have a clear strategy that would solve the lack of public transport options in the Greater Metro Manila Area....
Vice President Leni Robredo urged Filipinos to continuously keep their values and spirit up amid the pandemic as the country commemorates Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice on Tuesday, July 20. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) In a statement her office released to the media, Robredo said...
Where will President Duterte get the "sacks" of money needed to bankroll the campaign of administration candidates in the 2022 elections? President Rodrigo Duterte attends the National Assembly of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) in Clark, Pampanga on July 17, 2021....
