Beneficiaries of the government's free train ride program for vaccinated Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APORs) have already breached the one million mark, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 24. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on its data,...
The video game action comedy "Free Guy" has topped the North American box office in its opening weekend, taking in $28.4 million, preliminary figures from trade firm Exhibitor Relations showed Sunday. The film, which lightheartedly explores the boundary between the virtual and the real,...
Senior citizens in Makati City receive their medicines right at their doorstep, and they are free! That’s how the local government unit (LGU) treats its seniors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photos courtesy of Bob Reyes and Makati City LGU) In a now-viral Facebook post by Robert “Bob” Reyes,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is seeking to provide free bus service to its Central Office personnel amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. DSWD's two new service buses (Photos from DSWD) The DSWD has acquired two new service buses to ease the plight of...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is offering free rides for commuters who are considered as authorized person outside of residence (APOR) as the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) limits the availability of public transportation. The Armed Forces of...
UNITED NATIONS -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for progress toward a world free of nuclear weapons on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (UN...
More than 57,000 train passengers have so far benefitted from the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) free ride program for authorized persons outside of residence or APORs who have already received their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shots. (Mark Balmores / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) DOTr...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) through the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) began on Tuesday, Aug. 3 the distribution of free food and beverage packs for vaccinated passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). (Photo from MIAA) To avail of the free food packs,...
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) move to consider slashing the tariff on corn imports coming from non-ASEAN countries was lambasted by a group of farmers. In a statement, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) said that DA’s initiative was ill-timed, considering that the peak harvest season...
The government will offer free rides on Metro Manila's major railway systems as an incentive to passengers--specifically Authorized Persons Outside of Residence, or APORs--who have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary...
How Antonino Roman III has become a viral sensation There’s an uproar now on TikTok. Antonino “Tony” Roman III—a lawyer with postgraduate degrees and certificates from Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University of Cambridge, and a licensed law...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it will ensure the speedy processing for the turnover of the different rewards promised to Filipino Olympic Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica made the statement following reports of many businesses pledging...
