Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman died on Sunday, Sept. 19. She was 68. Dinky Soliman (From Dinky Soliman's Facebook) This was confirmed by former Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima. Purisima remembered Soliman as an "untiring community...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has urged the Senate to pass the resolution calling on the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to immediately suspend construction activities in the Kaliwa Dam project following reports of multiple irregularities and violations of procedural...
The enforcement of the Alert Level System in Metro Manila has been orderly so far and has been receiving good feedback, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Sunday, Sept. 19. “Maganda ang feedback at maayos naman ang pagpapatupad ng Alert Level System...
The Philippines has renewed its commitment to the international community to adopt anticipatory action to prevent or mitigate potential disaster impacts even before such crises happen. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. delivering his remarks during the virtual high-level humanitarian...
Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman passed away on Sunday morning, Sept. 19, Vice President Leni Robredo has confirmed. Former Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman (FILE PHOTO/HANAH TABIOS/MANILA BULLETIN)...
Young Filipino students who were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic should take advantage of the benefits under Republic Act No. 10917 or the Expanded Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) law and get their education back on track, Senator Sonny Angara said on Sunday. Angara...
Senators on Sunday, Sept. 19 have expressed their support to the government’s plan to pilot a limited face-to-face classes saying this will enable the government to gradually reopen physical classes in a controlled environment. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Basic...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. de Venecia Jr. The United Nations general assembly commenced its 76th session last Sept. 14, amid the still raging COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected some 226 million people and claimed more than 4.6 million human lives worldwide, and increasing,...
The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has started releasing Certificates of Nomination and Acceptance (CONAs) to its candidates for the 2022 national and local elections. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from Department of...
Some polling firms have reportedly been excluding Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson in the choices for possible presidential bets preferred by voters in the 2022 elections, the senator disclosed on Saturday, September 18. Senator Panfilo Lacson announces his bid for presidency in the 2022 elections on...
Photo from Philippine Space Agency The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said that the development of the country’s next generation satellite is included in its priority agenda. Dubbed as Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment or MULA, the 130-kilogram low-orbit earth observation...
Delfin J. Wenceslao Jr., Chairman of D.M. Wenceslao and Associates, Inc., has passed away at the age of 77. “Ding or DJW was loved and respected for his passionate leadership, unyielding commitment to nation building and his advocacy to help the underprivileged have a better life,” the company...
