LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Officials inaugurated a P750-million convention and evacuation center at the Bicol University here on Tuesday, Feb. 28. AKO Bicol Rep. Jil Bongalon (second from left), Ako Bicol Executive Director Alfredo Garbin (third from left), and Bicol University president Arnulfo...
The free concert will be held at the more than four-hundred-year-old church The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) will hold a concert titled "Huni Mula sa Sacrista" at the 408-year-old San Bartolome Parish Church on Feb. 28, 2023, at 4 p.m. in Malabon City. The special concert is presented...
In line with his ongoing rightsizing efforts, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the abolition of the Department of Finance (DOF) 's One-Stop-Shop Inter-Agency Tax Credit and Duty Drawback Center (OSS Center), Malacañang said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is eyeing the establishment of a training center for disaster preparedness in a bid to train as many responders on properly dealing with adverse situations emanating from natural calamities especially in the National Capital Region. MMDA...
A new radiation and oncology unit was opened at the Rizal Medical Center in Pasig City on Tuesday, Feb. 14. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) / MANILA BULLETIN Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Dr. Maria Roasrio Singh-Vergeire, RMC Chief Dr. Maria Rica Lumague, and other RMC officials led the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe on Monday, Feb. 13, led the inauguration of this city’s mobile command center, a state-of-the-art van that can be deployed for rapid surveillance. ZAMBOANGA City’s state-of-art mobile command center was inaugurated on Monday, Feb. 13. (Zamboanga City LGU...
The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) would not be dissolved upon the creation of the proposed Center for Disease Control (CDC), Senator Pia Cayetano said on Monday, February 13. Cayetano disclosed this during her sponsorship speech on Senate Bill No. 1869 which contains Committee...
The University of the Philippines (UP) will now have another motivation to pursue more championships in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), particularly in the field of basketball, following the construction of a new Varsity Training Center. media In a statement, the...
A fire which gutted the Araneta Center bus terminal in Cubao, Quezon City reignited on Friday, Feb. 10, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) disclosed. Photo: MANILA BULLETIN Fire investigators said it was "normal" for the blaze to rekindle considering the magnitude of the incident that occurred...
Malacañang has renamed the Presidential Complaint Center (PCC) to the Presidential Action Center (PACe). (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) It was renamed through Executive Order (EO) No. 15 which was signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Feb. 8 and released by the Palace on Friday, Feb....
BUSINESS TALK By PCCI CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. CO The Philippines’s corn production needs to double to meet local demand and ensure that it will be unaffected if there is a global supply imbalance. With the current situation, the country is in a very vulnerable situation that when global corn supply...
The national government has approved the construction of a P6-billion worth Cancer Center in Manila. Once operational, this specialized hospital will offer “comprehensive or full range” of treatments to cancer patients, said a health expert on Monday, Feb. 6. University of the Philippines -...
