Veteran diplomat Enrique Manalo has been named as the new Foreign Affairs chief, Press secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles confirmed on Friday, July 1. New DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo (Photo courtesy of Permanent Mission to the United Nations/DFA) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. swore in...
President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has been advised to use a teleprompter for his much-awaited inaugural speech on Thursday, June 30. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Bureau) The teleprompter will aid Marcos on the outline of his speech, "to ensure sequencing and coherence",...
Outgoing Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar turned over pertinent agency documents to incoming PCOO Secretary lawyer Rose Beatrix 'Trixie' Cruz-Angeles on Wednesday, June 29. Outgoing Communications Secretary Martin Andanar and Communications...
The camp of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made a low-key announcement over the weekend about an incoming official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Felicito Valmocina (Facebook) A statement from Press Secretary-designate Trixie Cruz-Angeles, which quoted...
Philcongen LA, UCLA launch ‘Breaking Myths: Food, Feasts, and the Ifugao’ ethnographic exhibit In celebration of National Heritage Month, the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Southeast Studies opened an ethnographic...
The camp of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. has revealed nominees for two top posts in the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), which is undoubtedly among the agencies that must perform well if the country is to get its economic bearings back. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM...
Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile--who in recent years has been memed by social media for being an "immortal"--will make his return to public service under the incoming Marcos administration. Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile (Malacañang photo) This, after the 98-year-old was named...
Add Remy Martin to NBA aspirants with Filipino heritage hoping to get his name called during the Draft night on June 23 in Brooklyn. media Martin, who was fresh from a championship with Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA this year, worked out with the Los Angeles Lakers last Monday, (Tuesday, Manila...
A University of the Philippines (UP) journalism professor and veteran newsman okayed the use of vloggers in the press room but pushed for higher qualifications than the ones previously released by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). Kontra Daya convenor and UP professor Danilo...
At around noon of April 20, 2022, PBA commissioner Willie Marcial, with a few hours to spare before heading to the Smart Araneta Coliseum for the PBA 3x3 Second Conference Grand Finals, lounged comfortably at his home in Libis, Quezon City, calm as someone who has gone through extremely...
With Quirino grandstand being unavailable, the camp of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has picked the National Museum in Ermita, Manila as the site of his inauguration on June 30, 2022. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Office) This was confirmed Thursday, June 2 by Press...
Reporters covering Malacañang and the President have no comment yet about the possible accreditation of vloggers to do the functions of professional journalists by covering the highest government office in the country under the Marcos Jr. administration. In a statement Wednesday, the...
