The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is taking steps to ban a retired military officer in Saudi Arabia from employing Filipino workers over reports of repeated physical abuse on househelp. Â Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
It's currently trending on Twitter After tying pink ribbons on the streets the past days and declaring a blush dress code on Oct. 7, 2021, Thursday, supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo took to Twitter to express their sentiments after she delivered a speech confirming her presidential bid for...
Artists from the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia come together for a must-see stage production both on-site and online Look through the western skies, as that song goes, and you’ll find theater fans giddy Elphaba to see flying high again, Christine singing to the Phantom, and the sun rising on...
The senatorial ticket of Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has started to take shape as more of their allies file their candidacies for the the May, 2022 elections. Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Panfilo Lacson file their certificates of candidacy for the...
Former Vice President Jejomar "Jojo" Binay on Thursday, Oct. 7, filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator in the May 2022 polls. Former Vice President Jejomar Binay (Photo from Comelec) Binay will run under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), the party he founded in 2016. The former...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel "Chel" Diokno on Thursday, Oct. 7, filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator in the May 2022 polls. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Comelec) Diokno seeks to redeem his loss in the 2019 midterm elections, where he finished 21st. He will run...
Bayan Muna chairman and human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares filed his certificate of candicacy (COC) for senator in the May 2022 polls on Thursday, Oct. 7. Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares (Photo from Comelec) He will attempt to have a seat in the upper chamber under the Makabayang Koalisyon ng...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has urged Filipinos to conduct their own “investigation in aid of election” as they choose the country’s next leaders in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. Dela Rosa said the Filipino electorate should thoroughly peruse the credentials and scrutinize...
The chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts lauded on Thursday, Oct. 7 the decision of the Commission on Audit to suspend action on complaints against 2022 election candidates that may require the creation of fraud or special audit teams. 905CB334-6AE9-4BDC-A191-62BD3755A77A Probinsyano...
Radio host and review center entrepreneur Carl Balita filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator in the May 2022 polls on Thursday, Oct. 7. Carl Balita (Photo from Comelec) Balita will run under Aksyon Demokratiko, which is led by presidential aspirant Manila Mayor Isko Moreno. "Isa ako...
Veteran broadcaster Noli de Castro on Thursday, Oct. 7, bid goodbye to ABS-CBN as he is set to run in the May 2022 elections. (Screenshot from Kabayan / TeleRadyo) De Castro, who served as vice president in 2004, is returning to politics to run for senator. "Maraming-maraming salamat po, ipagdasal...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo The President’s order preventing his cabinet from attending Senate investigation was no surprise. Every time Pharmally executives and staff open their masked mouths, testimonies accumulate to corroborate possible graft, swindling and plunder. If...
