The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has signed an agreement with a Japanese telecommunications firm for the expansion of the Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN) project. Photo credit to CIIC/DICT The partnership with IPS Inc. and its affiliate,...
The Comelec has issued new schedules for the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) following the suspension of government work due to the inclement weather. In a post on Thursday night, Aug. 31, Comelec said for the National Capital...
The Manila Bulletin Sketchfest 2023 is in full swing this September, with the next event to be held tomorrow at the SM Seaside City Cebu. The annual on-the-spot poster-making competition, which began in 2011 with only 200 participants in one location, has grown into a nationwide event that...
Backed by years of experience in supplying handicrafts in the hotel industry, Kea International owner Eloisa Bautista-Flores understood what needed to be done to supply products to SM Hotels. It is to showcase the excellence of their handicrafts. She shares, “Being one of SM’s suppliers...
The highly anticipated "One Piece" live-action adaptation series premiered on Netflix, Aug. 31, offering fans and new viewers the opportunity to explore a world of pirates, treasures, and unknown seas from their screens. Based on Japan’s highest-selling manga series in history by Eiichiro Oda,...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Did you know that a total of 143 local government units (LGUs) in the country don't have fire stations? Congressmen learned about this during the House Committee on Appropriations' deliberation on the 2024 budget of the Department of the Interior...
So yes, this is a clickbait title. I’m not literally saying that the entire Philippine Theater scene today seems to be operating on a Groundhog Day principle - i.e., a succession of revivals and re-runs of musicals and dramas that were staged over the last five years to a decade. However, I...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Thursday, August 31 said the Senate is committed to pass the measure seeking an across-the-board minimum wage hike by December of this year. Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Senate PRIB Photo) Zubiri made the commitment during a...
While the Philippines is doing good on research, it lacks in terms of development. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy PPA Pool/KJ Rosales) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. stated this during the conferment of the Order of National Scientists and the Presidential...
The silent surge of electricity will get charged up into the transport fleets of the power distribution business units of Aboitiz Power Corporation, as the conglomerate lines up the electric vehicle (EV) shift of about 400 of its service cars and motorcycles. Anton Mari Perdices, chief operating...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) welcomed the opportunity to collaborate with the private sector from the United States (US) in Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) as it is expected to bring many benefits, such as knowledge exchange as well as technological breakthroughs. DOST...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has assured that retired members of the uniformed services will not be affected by the government's proposed pension reforms currently pending in Congress. Finance Undersecretary Cielo D. Magno said one of the key features of the DOF proposal is to maintain the...
