Senior Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed elation on Saturday evening, Dec. 10 over the confirmation of her only daughter, Evangelina Lourdes “Luli” Arroyo-Bernas as Philippine Ambassador to Austria. Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo According to...
The President of the Philippines will no longer become chairman of the board of directors of the proposed Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Instead, the Department of Finance (DOF) secretary will sit as chairman of the board that...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has given a time frame for the possible singing of the P5.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2023. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (rightmost) In a short address during his Christmas blowout...
Editorial President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has stepped up his campaign to ensure stability of food prices by leading the Department of Agriculture’s program of establishing Kadiwa stores nationwide. He pointed out that Kadiwa outlets will continue to offer basic goods at lower prices beyond the...
DOH President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. stressed the importance of checking on other health issues that the country is facing aside from Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Dec. 6. This was the instruction of Marcos to the DOH during a meeting on Tuesday, said DOH...
A pro-farmer congressman has backed President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s call to utilize technology in improving the state of the local agriculture sector. AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) "Sinusuportahan natin ang...
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a measure that would mandate the establishment of a vaccine and virology institute that would lead the country’s defense against public health emergencies like the Covid-19 pandemic. (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) House...
Vice President Sara Duterte (left) and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (right) (OVP) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte, and current Cabinet officials received “high” approval and trust ratings in a nationwide survey conducted by non-government organization RP-Mission...
The proposed P275-billion Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF) wasn't the idea of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. per se. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (left) and his father, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker's office) Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan has renewed calls for the Marcos administration to designate a permanent Department of Health (DOH) secretary. 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan Libanan, in a statement Sunday, Dec. 4 said that having a permanent DOH chief at the...
The second and most likely final Bicameral Conference Committee meeting between the House of Representatives and the Senate on the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 will take place Monday, Dec. 5, the Manila Bulletin learned. (Unsplash) The site of the meeting will be the Manila...
ZERO-FARE TRANSIT Free transport given to liberated Filipinos by the American Army There are not many days when you know a single act can be a transformative event in your life. Two months into the pandemic lockdown, which to me was a daily repetitive cycle of household chores, I decided to bite...
