The camp of Senator Manny Pacquiao has elected Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III as the new chairman of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban), removing President Duterte as the party chairman. Ronwald Munsayac, PDP-Laban’s national executive director and chairman of the...
A medical worker walks on the aisle of the new isolation facility at the Eva Macapagal Terminal in Port Area, Manila on April 26, 2021, where mild to asymptomatic COVID-19 patients will be quarantined. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) In order for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients to cast their votes on...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the government needs to reinvent bureaucracy in order to effectively address the COVID-19 pandemic and corruption. Lacson said the current bureaucracy should be reshaped to one that empowers the people and commits to doing more with less. "As one nation, we...
With the policies prepared by the current government, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar is optimistic that the Duterte administration will be able to pass on the leadership confidently to its successors. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN)...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Readers have been asking us what our “reaction” is to the announcement of the PDP-Laban that President Duterte has acceded to their call for him to run as their party’s vice-presidential candidate in the 2022 elections. According to media reports, the...
Despite being mum about her political plans next year, hundreds of Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters from the health sector and business process outsourcing (BPO) industry are urging her to run for president in the 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Following audit reports that billions of pesos in public funds were unspent, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said government departments and agencies should not ask for budgets they cannot utilize and instead make sure that essential programs get priority funding. Senate President Vicente 'Tito'...
Boxing icon and Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao said he has no decision yet on whether he would seek the presidency, vice presidency or quit politics. Manny Pacquiao (Wendell Alinea / MP Promotions) Asked during a CNN Philippines interview from his Los Angeles (USA) residence on Friday, August 27,...
Provincial governors on Friday, August 27, threw their support for President Duterte’s decision to accept the offer of the administration Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party to run for vice president in the 2022 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office wants to focus its attention on deadly diseases other than the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying those afflicted also need immediate assistance from its charity funds. Lotto line up At the resumption of the budget briefing in the House of...
Department of Energy (DOE) Sec. Alfonso Cusi reassured the public Friday, Aug. 27, that sufficient power supply nationwide will not be a problem in the upcoming 2022 national and local elections. Sec. Alfonso Cusi (DOE FB video) In a virtual press briefing, Cusi projected that "there is enough...
President Duterte (Malacañang photo) A teachers’ group on Friday, Aug. 27, said that the “Duterte” variant -- pertaining to President Duterte -- is the bigger threat to the education sector amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country. “Hindi po Delta variant ang...
