The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) bared on Friday, Dec. 31, that it will "gradually load" appointment slots for passport application on a daily basis next year. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Responding to a question from a passport applicant on Twitter Friday, the DFA assured...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has installed new traffic lights in two U-turn slots on EDSA in Quezon City to improve road safety in one of the country's major highways. The traffic lights are located in front of Quezon City Academy and near Dario Bridge, where the u-turn...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles says ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is open to giving Senator Manny Pacquiao a slot in their senatorial ticket for next year's polls. Senator Manny Pacquiao (Photo from Pacquiao's Instagram) Nograles was asked point-blank in a...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will not allow applicants to make amendments to their passport during their appointment due to "crooks" selling their appointment slots. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Locsin made the...
True to its word, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reopened on Tuesday, June 22 the Dario Bridge U-turn slot in Quezon City in a bid to help ease traffic congestion on the northbound lanes of EDSA. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (fourth from left) is seen overseeing an inspection...
Television host and comedian Willie Revillame reportedly has the potential to become country's president someday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte made this observation about Revillame after heaping praises on the television host in a recent video message,...
The municipal government of Angono, Rizal has warned its residents not to engage in the selling of vaccination slots or COVID-19 shots. Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon signed on June 10 Executive Order 2021- 15 discouraging the people of Angono from selling or offering coronavirus shots and vaccinations...
Individuals who will be caught selling coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine slots should be punished and given with lethal injection, a "joking" Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday, May 30. Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo courtesy of DILG)...
The Mandaluyong Police is hunting down the other persons of interest involved in the alleged “vaccination slot for a fee” scheme in the city. (MMDA / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with DZMM Teleradyo on Thursday, Mandaluyong Police Chief Col. Gauvin Mel Unos said they will specifically look...
Local government units should consider crafting ordinances penalizing the sale of coronavirus vaccines and vaccination slots in their communities, Malacañang said Tuesday. A senior citizen receive the second dose of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine while other people wait for their turn at a...
Mandaluyong is already investigating claims on social media that there are individuals selling vaccination slots in the city, Mayor Carmelita “Menchie” Abalos said Saturday. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “The moment na nalaman ko ‘yan talagang pina-imbestigahan ko yan (The moment I learned...
Persons behind the illegal selling of vaccines will be tracked down and prosecuted, an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Saturday, May 22. DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya, however, stressed confirmation of the illegal activity should be...
