Malacañang tried to appease the public Tuesday, Dec. 14 over the backlash on the new P1,000 banknote featuring a Philippine eagle design that will be issued alongside the existing bill thas has portraits of World War II heroes Vicente Lim, Josefa Llanes Escoda, and Jose Abad Santos. (Ali Vicoy/...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Saturday, Nov. 11 called the attention of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on “glaring errors” found in the newly-released P1,000 bill. Zarate found the two errors referring to the image of the Philippine eagle as “quite...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said over 9,000 centenarians have so far received their entitled P100,000 cash incentives. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista said a total of 9,205 centenarians have received their cash gift since 2016....
A total of nine centenarians received P50,000 cash gifts each from Valenzuela City local government on Friday, Nov. 5. (Photo courtesy of Valenzuela City Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) (Photo courtesy of Valenzuela City Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) “I send my regards to our dear...
About 6,000 people flocked to the Manila Bay Dolomite Beach on Sunday morning, Oct. 24. Thousands of people gather at the Manila Dolomite Beach on Sunday as the national government eases the COVID-19 restrictions under Alert Level 3, allowing minors and seniors to go outdoors. ( ALI VICOY/MANILA...
Over 40,000 minors registered for COVID-19 vaccination in Manila, the city’s Public Information Office (PIO) announced on Tuesday, Oct. 19. (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) As of Monday, Oct. 18, a total of 41,316 minors aged 12 to 17 have registered for COVID-19 immunization through the...
A total of 1,130 centenarians who are living in the Philippines and abroad have already received their entitled cash incentives as provided under the law. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Friday, Oct. 1, that it has disbursed P113...
The Quezon City government will open 37,000 online slots for its one-day COVID-19 vaccination drive on Thursday, September 23. MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO The online booking will start at 6 a.m on Tuesday, Sept. 21, through the QC Vax Easy Plus system. The city government said the new system allows...
A total 10,458 beneficiaries have received the P10,000 cash aid under the Sampung Libong Pag-Asa program initiated by former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and the Balik sa Tamang Serbisyo sa Kongreso group of congressmen. Rep. Alan and Lani Cayetano Latest to receive the much-needed cash...
A total of 1,000 houses were placed under a calibrated granular lockdown by the Paranaque City government starting Wednesday, August 25, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. According to Mar Jimenez, Public Information Office chief, the president of the Annex 35 Homeowners Association Barangay Don...
KUNMING, China -- Authorities in southwest China's Yunnan Province have evacuated more than 150,000 residents to avoid the conflict between them and the famous migrating elephant herd, a local official said Monday. Aerial photo taken on Aug. 8, 2021 shows a herd of wild Asian elephants crossing the...
More than 30,000 people were apprehended for violations of various quarantine protocols in Cavite in just one week. (Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a report from DZBB, Cavite Provincial Director Police Col. Marlon Santos said a total of 33,686 quarantine violators were apprehended...
