The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has granted the Commission on Elections (Comelec) the access to its command center and personnel in relation to all election-related activities for the May 12 midterm polls. The extent of the access allowed by the MMDA was stipulated in the...
Manila Buletin Executive Vice President and Publisher Herminio "Sonny" Coloma Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Buletin (MB) Executive Vice President and Publisher Herminio "Sonny" Coloma Jr. underscored the importance of...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Sunday, November 10 urged state economic managers to exercise fiscal discipline in light of the government's ballooning debt which now stands at P15 trillion. Pimentel expressed his concern in a radio interview as he reiterated his call...
DAVAO CITY – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is pushing for the conduct of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao next year amid proposals to defer the historic elections to 2026. In a resolution signed by MILF Central Committee Secretary...
The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Friday, Nov. 8, that it has successfully defended its budget in the Senate following deliberations at the plenary level. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) In a statement, DepEd confirmed the Senate’s approval of its P793.740-billion budget for next...
Senators on Thursday, November 7 expressed hope that Donald Trump’s election victory would yield a positive influence to the current bilateral relations between the Philippines and the United States. Sen. Loren Legarda expressed certainty that the Philippines will continue to affirm...
The Senate has retained the proposed P733-million budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) that the House of Representatives earlier approved in its version of the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance,...
DAVAO CITY – The Commission on Elections-Region 11 will start introducing and demonstrating the automated counting machine in the Davao region this month to facilitate a smooth voting process in the May 2025 national and local elections. Speaking at the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas live on the...
Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, also known as Manila Cathedral (Photo from the Manila Cathedral website) In preparation for the Jubilee 2025, several churches across the country have been designated pilgrimage destinations by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines...
The University of the Philippines (UP) has been acknowledged as the country's leading institution according to the AD Scientific Index 2025. (Image courtesy of the University of the Philippines) UP said in a statement that this recognition reinforces its position as the foremost leader in research...
As customary, more local governments ramped up their borrowings ahead of the midterm elections in 2025, with the end-September 2024 tally up by 29 percent year-on-year to P87.9 billion. The latest data of the Department of Finance's Bureau of Local Government Finance (DOF-BLGF) showed that the...
The Senate is keen on scrutinizing once again all funds allocated for flood control mitigation but there is a necessity to also inquire into the government’s programs on climate change and climate adaptation, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Sunday, November 3. The...
