Metro Manila mayors urged the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID)) to consider easing restrictions for fully-vaccinated individuals in the National Capital Region (NCR) to open up more economic activities in the region. File photo/MANILA BULLETIN...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, Sept. 9 said he has no qualms about President Duterte’s prerogative to appoint Antonio Parlade Jr. as National Security Council Deputy Director-General. After all, Parlade can still be held accountable for his actions under the country’s existing...
National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. is now the deputy director-general of the National Security Council (NSC). Newly-installed NSC Deputy Director-General Antonio Parlade Jr. (File photo/ PCOO) Parlade's appointment to the...
Undefeated Filipino boxer Mark Magsayo has set his sights on the WBC belt of Gary Russell Jr. Mark Magsayo (left) lands a punch on Julio Ceja during their WBC featherweight title eliminator bout at T-Mobile Arena on August 21, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (AFP) Magsayo became the top contender for...
A Japanese agricultural council is aiming to grant farmers in Benguet a solar-powered cold storage facility that will preserve local produce and eventually eliminatie post-harvest losses. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) But Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar said...
More tourism workers in Baguio City have received their vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-—a development seen by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as a big boost in making the Summer Capital of the country a "sanctuary of wellness and healing." Department of Tourism Secretary...
A civil society group denounced Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Guillermo Eleazar's backing of the "tokhang"-style of operations against communist groups in Cordillera. (Photo from Human Rights Watch) This, after Eleazar expressed appreciation of the "Dumanum Makituntong" (Seek and Talk)...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, also chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), said the Metro Manila mayors are amenable to the extension of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) for another one week. The MECQ status in NCR should last up to...
Mark Magsayo continues to follow the footsteps of Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao not only inside but also outside of the boxing ring. Mark Magsayo (left) of the Philippines fights against Julio Ceja of Mexico during the WBA Featherweight Title Eliminator boxing match at T-Mobile Arena in Las...
The National Research Council of the Philippines-National Quincentennial Commemoration (NRCP-NQC) is calling on young Filipino artists to join its Kabataan Painting Competition. IMG_20210826_110841 The NRCP-NQC said it has started accepting entries for the competition, which targets Filipino youth...
The majority of the members of the Davao Marsman Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (DAMARB MPC) intend to continue with its contract of lease with export banana plantation company, Marsman Estate Plantation Inc. (MEPI). Photo from Manila Bulletin In a statement, DAMARB MPC...
Some 28 business and professional organizations in the country have expressed strong support as they called to uphold the independence of the Commission on Audit, which has uncovered “deficiencies” in its audit on the way government funds were being appropriated by government agencies. “We,...
