President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Photo from the Office of the President) The pandemic is raging, the country is in recession, and many people remain hungry and unemployed. Faced with these urgent concerns, President Duterte has accomplished much to address these problems but intends to do more in...
The pandemic is raging, the country is in recession, and many people remain hungry and unemployed. Faced with these urgent concerns, President Duterte has supposedly accomplished much to address these problems but intends to do more in the closing strength of his presidency. President Rodrigo...
Malacañang said President Duterte has yet to make up his mind about his senatorial candidates in the 2022 elections despite the names that the Chief Executive has floated. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement days after Duterte attended...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Another worrisome concern regarding world perception on another critical issue is our "safety" today following the results of a worldwide study done by Global Finance Magazine. The latter had ranked the Philippines at the bottom among 134 countries. Albay...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed 97 petitions for party-list registration ahead of the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "97 petitions for registration of party-list dismissed by First and Second Divisions," Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said on Twitter on July 12. In a separate...
The First Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) dismissed nine more applicants for partylist. Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (Photo from Rowena V. Guanzon / Facebook page/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon revealed this on her Twitter accoiunt on July 9. The...
For Celine Pialago, Kabataan Party-List Rep. Sarah Jane Elago is an alleged example of a "brainwashed" person who can no longer be changed by the government, no matter what it does. MMDA Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago speaking her mind during the "Kabataan Party-List Decoded" virtual forum on...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said on Sunday, July 4, that they coordinating with the office of Sen. Manny Pacquiao to verify if the senator indeed mentioned that there was corruption in the procurement of the nearly 3,000 body cameras. This, as...
Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, July 1, asked the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) for a report on its efforts and the challenges it is facing to have the Philippines removed from the list of countries tagged as high risk for money laundering and terrorist financing. Senator Grace Poe Poe,...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said Thursday, (July 1) that the Philippines will actively pursue its exit from the ‘grey list’ of the global anti-money laundering watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and will closely monitor its impact on the economy....
It will take as long as two years before the Philippines can be taken out of the “grey list” of dirty money watchdog Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno. Diokno said the Philippines’ delisting from the grey...
Police killed on Thursday morning, June 17, a former mayor of Talitay, Maguindanao after he allegedly grabbed the service firearm of one of his police escorts while he was being transported to Camp Crame in Quezon City following his arrest at the Port of Batangas on Wednesday night. Gen. Guillermo...
