The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is mulling the issuance of a show cause order against bus companies that have failed to pay their bus conductors' salaries. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "At this point in time, the board will have to consider the issuance of a show...
Maguindanao 2nd District Representative Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu is pushing that all local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines be required to allocate suitable land spaces for the establishment of public cemeteries for Filipino Muslims. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) In filing on Monday, June...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III blasted private hospitals in the Philippines on Monday, June 7 for supposedly driving away home-grown nurses to countries abroad because of their "exploitative" practices. (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) In an online press...
Senator Grace Poe said the proposed amendment to the Public Service Act will address the rotational blackouts and the expected increase in electricity bills. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Grace Poe/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Poe, chairperson of the Senate Public Service Committee, raised...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Metro Manila traffic has improved in recent months — but the “Build, Build, Build” team is not yet done. In the next 60 days, two bridges across Pasig River will open and is expected to decongest at least 50,000 vehicles out of EDSA and C5. The best part?...
The Philippines has secured another loan from the World Bank to finance a new project that aims to improve selected government buildings in Metro Manila and strengthen the capacity of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). In a statement, the Washington-based financial institution said...
The recent killings involving policemen show a pattern of "abusive and murderous behavior" of law enforcers in the country, former vice president Jejormar "Jojo" Binay said on Wednesday (June 2). (Photo courtesy of Jojo Binay Facebook page) Binay said that the killings involving policemen are not...
Vice President Leni Robredo said on Tuesday, June 1, she will have “no regrets” even if she does not run as president in 2022 because of the work she has done in the past five years. “Whether I run or not, I’m sure that at the end of our term in 2022, I can honestly say na I did the best...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said that the 45-year-old bridge in Biliran, which serves as an important link to Leyte province, will undergo restoration works starting July 2021. NECESSARY FACELIFT--The 45-year-old Biliran Bridge will undergo major restoration works starting...
President Duterte is expected to deliver an address to the nation on Wednesday, May 26, instead of on Tuesday night, May 25, following a hectic work schedule. LOZANO_03112021-17 Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced the latest change in the President's schedule, saying they returned home in...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 25, warned that amendments to the Public Service Act (PSA), which would allow 100 percent foreign ownership of public utilities, could pave the way for China to own critical infrastructure in the Philippines. China, Hontiveros said, could use this as leverage...
Foreign businessmen have strongly urged Congress to pass at the earliest possible time the amendments of the Public Service Act (PSA), which seeks to open more economic activities in the country to higher foreign equity, as they vowed to promote to foreign investors in the Philippines once the...
