No bleeps are needed in Antoinette Jadaone’s ‘The Kangs Show’ Sex has been a topic that the Western world has never been shy to depict on TV. There are the ‘90s single women’s guide “Sex and the City,” Netflix’s “Sex Education” for the pubescent cisgender and non-binary youth,...
New York, for years, has been a melting pot culture and heritage from all over the world, one of which belongs to the Philippines. With a growing Filipino community living in the Big Apple, the presence of Filipinos is definitely hard to miss as local culture is penetrating the NYC scene—from...
The diplomatic ties between the Philippines and the Republic of Estonia was formally established in December 19, 1991. The Republic of Estonia is situated in northeastern Europe in the Baltic region comprising of 1,500 islands and islets. Its capital and largest city is Tallin which is one of the...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon tasked the organization to deploy its humanitarian caravan to Surigao del Norte and Bohol which were severely affected by Typhoon "Odette", it said on Saturday, Dec. 18. Photo from the Philippine Red Cross The said...
The City of Makati was hailed on Friday as the most compliant local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila in implementing the Manila Bay Clean-up Rehabilitation and Preservation Program (MBCRPP). Makati City Mayor Abby Binay shared the good news on the LGU's official Facebook page, saying the city...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), through the Government Emergency Communications System (GECS) project, is set to deploy three mobile operations vehicles for emergency (MOVE) units in disaster hotspots across the country. (Photo from DICT-Caraga) DICT...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has denied the petition of Danilo Lihaylihay seeking to declare presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., a nuisance candidate. (MANILA BULLETIN file photo) Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said on Saturday, Dec. 18 that in the...
Editorial As candidates have began holding caravans and listening tours in advance of the formal start of the campaign season in February next year, the evils of vote buying have been brought to the fore. Calling attention to this illegal act were a Commission on Elections commissioner, a prominent...
Malacañang has appointed Atty. John Henry Du Naga as the new privacy commissioner of the National Privacy Commission (NPC), effective December 14, 2021, for a term of three years. National Privacy Commission Incoming Commissioner Naga will succeed Privacy Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro, whom...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon appealed on Friday, Dec. 17, to the public to donate for the affected communities in Visayas and Mindanao due to Typhoon "Odette". Photo from the Philippine Red Cross PRC said that the typhoon caused...
More than just a sketch of normalcy Our life since the pandemic struck has been upended. The past two years have shaken every Filipino to the core. This is why the theme of this year’s the Manila Bulletin Sketchfest is a bit different from previous years. This time around, the organizers seek to...
The National Museum of the Philippines has turned over the reconstructed parish church to the Diocese of Tagbilaran On Oct. 15, 2013, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol and its neighboring islands causing major damage to many centuries-old heritage structures in the area, one of which is the...
