More than 3 million people have become fully vaccinated since the government started its free inoculation drive last March. A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque...
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) had so far released more than P13 billion in loans and cash grants to nearly a million farmers and fishermen for this year, the bank's latest data showed. As of May 31, LANDBANK has assisted cumulatively 2.7 million farmers and fishers nationwide, of...
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) mourned on Thursday, July 8, the passing of veteran journalist and media rights advocate Jose Jaime "Nonoy" Espina. Nonoy Espina, center (Photo from NUJP) Espina, 59, died on Wednesday, July 7, after battling liver cancer. As a journalist for over...
Students are urging the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) to suspend classes on campuses near Taal Volcano due to the ongoing activity of the volcano. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a letter sent by the PUP Office of the Student Regent to PUP President Manuel M. Muhi on July 7, the...
Filipino higher education students are ready in terms of computer or internet self-efficacy. However, they are unprepared to control their efforts in directing their own learning. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) These were the results of a Philippine Journal of Science (PJS) study conducted by a...
The Philippines has forged closer friendship with China with no strings attached. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and President Xi Jinping of People’s Republic of China pose for a photo prior to their expanded bilateral meeting at the Malacañang on November 20, 2018. (Malacañang) President...
It is, in the words of Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, that lawyers must “conduct themselves with honesty and integrity.” These two virtues were extolled by the Chief Justice during the oath-taking of the new officers and members of the Board of Governors of the Integrated Bar of the...
The Philippines will soon be sending its experts to Israel to undergo trainings on drip irrigation system, drug design, and medicinal chemistry. Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Department of Science and...
The Duterte administration is not turning its back on the United States despite its close ties with China. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malacañang Park, Manila on July 6, 2021. (Malacañang) President Duterte explained that...
(PSA) The country's total population has reached 109,035,343 in 2020, based on the Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH) conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This count was declared official by President Rodrigo Duterte in Proclamation No. 1179 issued on July 6, 2021. In a...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has recommended the imposition of sanctions against the University of the Philippines System (UPS), the Mindanao State University (MSU) and four other state universities and colleges (SUCs) for continued failure to liquidate over P607 million in funds granted under...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed Wednesday, July 7, that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will procure additional aircraft to boost the flee t of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). AWESOME SELFIE--Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana flies aboard an FA-50 jet during the Sanay Datu...
