The Department of Tourism (DOT) has wrapped up its second Hybrid Philippine Education Tourism Conference (PETC) over the week which was among the government's programs to promote the country. Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat speaks during the virtual recognition of...
There will be no deadlines, synchronous classes nor meetings on the start of the University of the Philippines' (UP) second semester for Academic Year 2021-2022. (Photo courtesy of the UP OVVPA-MPRO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a post by the All U.P. Academic Employees Union, it said on Tuesday, Jan. 25...
K-pop boy band Treasure set a personal best for their upcoming new album “The Second Step: Chapter One.” According to YG Entertainment, the group’s agency, on Jan. 20, “The Second Step: Chapter One” exceeded 600,000 copies in pre-orders in eight days since the reservation started on Jan....
The second overseas Filipina who was reported to have skipped her mandatory quarantine did not actually appear at a Makati hotel where she was supposed to stay, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Tuesday, Jan 4. In an interview over ABS-CBN,...
Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles trumpeted the efforts to recruit volunteers for the second round of national vaccination days, saying it will be a great boon to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic frontliners. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "For...
The recently-concluded national vaccination drive againt the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) showed what Filipinos can do if they work together. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Thus, said President Duterte in a message delivered by Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson...
President Duterte has officially announced the second round of national vaccination days, which will take place before Christmas. (Mufid Majnun/ Unsplash) "We will have a second round of 'Bayanihan, Bakunahan' from Dec. 15 to 17," Duterte said Monday, Dec. 6 during the slightly delayed airing of...
The three-day national vaccination drive is still ongoing, but Philippine authorities are already planning a follow-up next month just before Christmas. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said in an interview over ANC...
Officials from Malacañang hailed the country’s posting of a 7.1 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2021. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (left) and PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (Photos from Facebook) Both Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque and...
Local government units were called upon to further intensify their COVID-19 vaccination drive amid the admission by the national government that the country’s vaccination rate has slowed down. Vaccine certificate Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles said that LGUs and national government...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Friday, Oct. 22, that there is nothing irregular in its engagement with financial service providers (FSPs) for the distribution of the second tranche of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash subsidies. Manual SAP payout in San Mateo,...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Nearly 20 European Union countries nominated Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a second term as head of the World Health Organization, shortly before the deadline passed on Thursday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO (AFP) WHO member states had until 1600...
