House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has highlighted the sacrifices of the country’s Covid-19 frontliners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on the occasion of Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor on Saturday, April 9. (MANILA BULLETIN) "We join the entire nation in commemorating Araw ng Kagitingan...
Vice President Leni Robredo paid tribute to Filipinos who showed courage in times of crisis as she joined the country in commemorating Araw ng Kagitingan or The Day of Valor. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) "Ginugunita at binibigyang-pugay natin ang mga Pilipinong nagpakita ng...
President Duterte is in "good condition" and will continue serving the Filipino people until the last day of his term although the burden of the presidency has taken a toll on him, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go Friday, April 8 said. Go served as the President’s aide for more than 20 years...
Every election cycle, voters and groups are up in arms to raise concerns about our country’s power supply. They fear that fraud, hacking, or cheating may happen if there will be a shortage in electricity during the May 9 national elections. And in a hotly contested election such as this one, a...
On World Health Day, the Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG) urged election hopefuls to push for a "people-center and planet-friendly" public health system. As Covid-19 cases in the country decline and more Filipinos start seeing the hope of living normally, CPDG stressed the...
Every April 9, the country celebrates Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) in honor of the Filipino and American soldiers who bravely fought for the Philippines’ freedom from the Japanese invaders during the World War II in 1942. The war culminated in the fall of Bataan where approximately 75,000...
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TACLOBAN CITY -- The Provincial Government of Northern Samar (PGNS) is adopting a 4-day workweek policy, in combination with a one-day work-from-home alternative work arrangement. Governor Edwin Ongchuan issued a memorandum on April 1 authorizing a 4-day physical reporting of PGNS employees and one...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) are now preparing for the opening of the country’s first hospital for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In a Facebook post on April 1, DOLE announced that it has recently met with PGH doctors and Overseas...
Re-electionist Senator Leila De Lima called a bad April Fool's Day joke the interview of convicted retired army general Jovito Palparan with anti-communist insurgency task force Spokesperson Lorraine Badoy. Senator Leila De Lima (FILE PHOTO) "It came a day too early. A bad joke for April Fool’s...
It’s April 1... or is it? If there is a time to be truly vigilant, it is today April Fools’ Day. While its exact origin is still to be discovered historians believe that this infamous holiday stems back to 1582, “when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar,”...
PANGASINAN -- Malacañang has declared April 5 a special non-working day in Pangasinan, including Dagupan City as the province celebrates its 442nd Founding Anniversary. By authority of President Rodrigo Duterte, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed Proclamation No. 1134 on March 29...