President Marcos has enjoined Filipinos to support the 10 films that are part of the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), saying this year's entries offer "golden lessons" that reflect the Filipino story. MMFF AT 50 — Stars of the entries to the 50th year of the Metro Manila Film Festival...
The Department of Health (DOH) has reported a total of 25 firecracker-related injuries on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24. Sidewalk vendors display assorted blow horns in downtown Davao City. As firecrackers have been banned in the city for 23 years, residents turn to blow horns during Christmas...
Parts of Luzon and Visayas are expected to experience cloudy skies with rain on Tuesday, Dec. 24, due to the shear line and the northeast monsoon, locally known as “amihan.” (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) In its weather forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and...
Korean actress Jang Na-ra bagged the grand prize or “daesang,” the highest award, at the 2024 SBS Drama Awards. The awards ceremony was held on Dec. 21, honoring works and performers in dramas that aired on Korean TV network SBS. Jang Na-ra won the grand prize for the drama “Good...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (middle) approves the National Security Strategy (NSS) 2024 following a meeting with key security officials led by National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año (fourth from right) and Department of National Defense (DND) Usec. Ignacio Madriaga (fourth from left) in...
Christmas to me is riding a bike around the CCP complex when it was quieter and most of the streets were off limits to motorists. I would bike as fast as I could, challenging gravity, while singing “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” faster and faster until I could go no faster on the bike, let alone...
JOLLY OLD MAN Santa Claus has carried on the tradition of giving gifts to children for many centuries Images from Freepik Every December in the North Pole, it’s as busy as it gets at Santa Claus’ workshop. As elves rush around, trying to meet the year’s quota, Mrs. Claus is busy...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)-Iloilo Chapter awarded outstanding Ilonggo entrepreneurs on Thursday, Dec. 19. RECIPIENTS of the Ilonggo Entrepreneur Awards 2024 handed out by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry pose during the awarding ceremony....
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Monday, Dec. 16, reminded churchgoers of proper conduct during Simbang Gabi. Catholic devotees attended the first Simbang Gabi at the Minor Basilica and Parish of St. John the Baptist in Taytay, Rizal, on December 16. 2024. (JOHN LOUIE...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Parliament passed the long-awaited Bangsamoro Indigenous Peoples’ Act (BIPA) of 2024 on third and final reading during a special session on Dec. 10. The BIPA, also known as the Indigenous Peoples (IP) Code, was approved with 63 votes in favor, zero against, and...
More than 30,000 children around the country received early Christmas gifts on Sunday, Dec. 8, in a gift-giving program at the Malacañan Palace. President Marcos led the distribution of gifts to 2,199 children, who were at the Palace, and 27,899 from 17 local government units nationwide. Each kid...
Every Filipino will have a merry Christmas, President Marcos vowed as he assured the people that the government will exhaust all means to make it happen. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the gift-giving event in Marillac Hills andHaven for Women in Muntinlupa. (Photo courtesy of...
