Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the municipal government is aiming to fully vaccinate 100 percent of its target population in less than a month. “Based on my estimate, in less than one month, we will finish 100 percent of the second dose of our target population,” said the mayor...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has urged state economic managers to reconsider allocating huge funds for the security sector for next year amid the “skyrocketing” national debt and a growing budget deficit. Drilon said he is dismayed at the negative growth in the social services sector...
The Muntinlupa City government launched its “Rolling Bakuna” program to bring vaccination directly to senior citizens and bedridden individuals, and opened nine new sites to cater to more people. Launched by the City Health Office (CHO) headed by Dr. Juancho Bunyi with the support of Mayor...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. did not mince his words in criticizing Vice President Leni Robredo and some "senior senators" over their proposal to realign the multi-billion peso budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for the social...
A group of former overseas Filipino workers (OFW) have banded together to launch a feeding mission in two barangays in Pasay City. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Board of Trustee Doc Chie Umandap, chairman of AKO OFW Inc., said the program was made...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is calling on the national government and online platforms to investigate the proliferation of fake advisories claiming that walk-ins are now be allowed in vaccination sites. Belmonte, on Monday, issued the appeal after people without vaccination appointments swarmed...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended the Congress on Monday, August 9 for the approval of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Modernization Bill, saying it will significantly improve the country’s fire prevention and emergency medical and rescue services. The same...
Seven micro, small and medium enterprises in Caraga have been recognized as “best implementers” of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Manufacturing Productivity Extension Program (MPEX). (DOST Agusan del Sur/ DOST-Caraga Facebook page) This was announced by DOST Secretary...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered an investigation into the alleged sabotage that caused hundreds of people to flock in various vaccination sites on Thursday, August 5. “We are already looking into this and part of it is to trace the...
If the government is serious about reforming the country’s public school system and improve the learning outcomes of students, it should start by producing the best teachers, Senator Sonny Angara said on Sunday. Angara made the pitch as he renewed his push for the Senate to prioritize Senate Bill...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, August 7, stood by his claim that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is engaged in "illegal" data gathering activities using the government's anti-insurgency funds, saying he cannot just disregard reports from field officers themselves. Senator Panfilo Lacson...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is pushing to inoculate more tourism workers in various destinations in the country to restore the public's confidence to travel and help in the industry's recovery from the pandemic. A tourism worker receives his first dose of COVID-19...
