Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Friday, July 16, that President Duterte’s bid to curb illegal drugs in the country has gained ample ground as the government institutionalized its campaign against all forms of criminality. (DILG photo) During the...
The BSA Software Alliance (BSA) said it will rollout a campaign targetting 5,000 firms in the Philippines that may still be potentially using unlicensed or illegal software. The leading advocate for the global software industry said this as an advancer to its virtual press briefing on “BSA...
Senators Vicente "Tito" Sotto III and Panfilo "Ping" Lacson welcomed on Monday, July 12, the plan of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to include social media advertisements in the computation of campaign expenses of candidates for the May, 2022 elections. (UNSPLASH) "That's a good move. The...
The Manila region of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has vowed to continue its campaign against the sale of untaxed heated tobacco and vapor products or "vape", which have been proliferating in Metro Manila and elsewhere. (Photo by Luther Bottrill/ Unsplash) Manila Revenue Regional Director...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) declared that the polio outbreak in the Philippines has ended after the country recorded zero cases for 16 months since a surveillance and an immunization campaign was...
It seemed like President Duterte was not yet over with his beef with broadcast media giant ABS-CBN after he asked its reporter if the network will be campaigning against him if he runs in the 2022 elections. President Duterte and ABS-CBN reporter Joyce Balancio (Malacañang photo, RTVM screenshot)...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australian doctors have called for an urgent national advertising campaign to address coronavirus vaccine misinformation. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) recently said it was critical for the government to give Australians up-to-date information...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina In every election campaign, we see many kinds of candidates – from the competent and God-fearing politicians who really have the country’s interests at heart, to the grossly incompetent who seem clueless on what it takes to be an excellent public...
Guiguinto, Bulacan Mayor Boy Cruz confirmed Wednesday the presence of a signature campaign in the province that urges presidential daughter Sara Duterte to run for president in the upcoming national elections. Cruz said the campaign is being led by those who also supported then-mayor and now...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday vowed to oppose next year’s budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), reiterating his belief the budget would be used as a huge “campaign kitty” of the Duterte administration for the 2022 elections....
The Quezon City councilor, who organized a food pantry which eventually led to violation of health protocols, said Wednesday he is not doing early campaigning in leading the said activity. Majority Floor Leader Franz Pumaren said that as an elected official, he is mandated to help his constituents...
Two drug suspects were killed while 5 others were arrested in different buy-bust operations conducted by the Bulacan police on May 19-20. Brig. Gen. Valeriano T. De Leon, Central Luzon police regional director,had earlier instructed the members of the regional police to remain vigilant and...
