President Duterte threw shade at a local chief executive for his steamy photos, asking Filipinos to think twice before voting for someone who was trained to be a “call boy.” President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his public address on August 9, 2021. (Malacañang) Duterte, during his taped public...
How Delta precipitated a pre-emptive ECQ of Metro Manila CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Last June 21, 2021 ( https://mb.com.ph/2021/06/22/delta-covid-19-variant-very-dangerous-tag-member/ ), the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Department of Health was asked to brief the...
President Duterte tasked the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of National Defense (DND), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to handle the cash aid distribution in some areas in Metro Manila because the mayors there “do not know...
The Pateros municipal government on Monday announced that the national government’s financial assistance will be distributed starting Wednesday (Aug. 11). Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the payout will be given first to beneficiaries in Barangays Aguho and Magtanggol. Distribution...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expressed confidence Monday, Aug. 9, that the local government units’ (LGUs) lists of beneficiaries have already been sanitized to ensure the smooth and expeditious distribution of the financial assistance to low-income individuals and...
The Caloocan City government announced Monday that they will start the distribution of financial assistance to its qualified residents on Wednesday, August 11. (CALOOCAN PIO/ MANILA BULLETIN) The cash aid from the national government will be given to residents affected by the reimposition of the...
The local government units (LGUs) may conduct digital payment or tap financial service providers (FSPs) to distribute the financial assistance to residents affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20, the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. did not mince his words in criticizing Vice President Leni Robredo and some "senior senators" over their proposal to realign the multi-billion peso budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for the social...
Five cases of the highly contagious Delta variant have been listed in Taguig, according to the Department of Health (DOH). In an online media briefing Monday, Health Usec. Maria Rosario Vergeire presented a table showing the presence of Delta variant cases in all the 16 cities and one municipality...
Vice President Leni Robredo believes that the opposition, which she leads, is in a “better place” now as compared to 2018 and 2019 when no one from the Liberal Party's (LP) Otso Diretso candidates won against the administration’s senatorial bets. Vice President Leni Robredo (Geric...
A total of P10.894 billion was released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to aid residents and families affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National capital Region (NCR). (Parañaque City - Public Information Office/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman...
Manila City's elderly people will receive cans of a nutrition supplement drink as part of their aid package following the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco...
