An eight-month campaign rallying for smoke-free beaches, parks, and tourist destinations in Boracay Island and Aklan was launched on Tuesday, May 31, coinciding with the celebration of World No Tobacco Day. NO SMOKING (PIXABAY) Such was launched by the Department of Health (DOH) in cooperation with...
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) will be helping the church-backed poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in validating election returns (ERs). Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of...
Despite the huge crowd generated in the recent political campaign period in Bulacan, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported on Monday, May 16, that five municipalities and one city in the province have remained Covid-19-free. Based on the Covid-19 update released by the PHO, these are the...
The two Philippine representatives trailed in the standings after the first seven games of the Free Fire esports event in the 31st Southeast Asian Games on Friday, May 13 at the Vietnam National Convention Center. Photo from Sibol Sibol Free Fire Team 2, composed of professional players from the...
Comelec Acting spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco addresses media queries during a press briefing at the PICC in Pasay City on May 12, 2022. (Photo by Jel Santos / MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has welcomed the recent report of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible...
Around 1.9 million passengers in Quezon City have benefitted from the city government's QCity Bus Augmentation Program since January this year. The free ride program was a project of the Quezon City program in 2020 to address the lack of available public transportation due to community quarantine...
The Quezon City (QC) government announced on Saturday, May 7, that a total of 4,920 elderlies in the city registered to its free maintenance medicine program since it resumed last April 5. Through the QC Senior Citizen Maintenance Medicine Program, elderly residents are given free maintenance...
The Light Rail Transit Authority announced Saturday, May 7, that LRT-2 will provide free rides to Persons with Disabilities (PWD) during the National Election on May 9, 2022. The free ride is one of the proposed measures of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) through its Task Force on...
Parañaque City City Mayor Edwin Olivarez has declared 15 barangays in the city as drug free and that only one community in the city remains to have a drug problem. Olivarez made the announcement during the Monday regular flag raising ceremony held at the City Hall quadrangle and hosted by the...
Senator Leila de Lima has called on other individuals behind the drug allegations thrown at her in the past to come forward and "expose what they know" after self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa took back his drug allegations against her. Senator Leila de Lima (Photo courtesy of Leila de Lima...
Educating the public on election-related concerns should be the focus of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), not warnings, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said on Tuesday, April 26. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) "There are election laws and processes in place to...
The Philippines is now opening its doors to Israelis without a visa, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday, April 25. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN “We are delighted to once again welcome our Israeli friends to our country, just in time for the summer!" Philippine Ambassador to Israel...
