The emergence of a new supermajority in the House of Representatives bodes well for the fulfillment of presumptive president Bongbong Marcos's campaign promises, the most popular of which have to do with lowering the costs of electricity and the Filipinos' staple food, rice. Camarines Sur 2nd...
Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos continues to speak with other heads of state who congratulate him for his apparent victory in the May 9 elections. On Friday, May 20, it was Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's turn to engage the incoming Filipino leader in a phone conversation and greet...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday congratulated presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on his victory in the 2022 elections during a phone call, where the former expressed hopes that the cooperation between the two countries on the economic front will continue. The...
Bongbong Marcos is yet to be officially declared as president-elect, but he already has an invite for a state visit from a foreign leader. (Justin Lim/ Unsplash) The camp of presumptive president Marcos has revealed that Singaporean President Halimah Yacob has invited the incoming Filipino leader...
A group of teachers is lobbying for the creation of separate insurance if reforms in the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will not be instituted soon. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in a statement issued Thursday, May 19, called on the elected...
What's in a name? Well, it depends. Some might say names like Bambam, Dingdong, Bongbong are not really that unique particularly around these parts but it's a whole different ballgame in England it seems. Britain's Prince Charles actually thinks Bongbong "wonderful." A video of him commenting about...
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China and the Philippines should "write a grand story" on the relationship between the two countries under the administration of presumptive Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a Chinese envoy said. Chinese President Xi Jinping and presumptive...
The Cabinet position to lead the newly-formed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) was offered to Susan "Toots" Ople--a known advocate of overseas Filipino workers' (OFWs) rights--by presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Susan Ople (Photo from Wikipedia/U.S. Embassy in the...
Lawyer Vic Rodriguez has slammed the Filipinos in Australia who created a ruckus down under by claiming that presumptive Philippine president Bongbong Marcos isn't welcome there. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Nakakahiya. Nakakahiya bilang Pilipino nakakahiya. Hindi ugali...
Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos and his family are in Australia for a "much-needed vacation", Marcos's spokesperson and chief-of-staff Vic Rodriguez said in a press conference Tuesday, May 17. (MANILA BULLETIN, Unsplash) "It’s a private trip made by president-elect Bongbong with his family...
The progressive party-list group Bayan Muna has pushed the Supreme Court (SC) to act swiftly on the petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate (Photo from Bayan Muna) “There is...
Don't look now, but there's still no fixed site for presumptive president Bongbong Marcos's anticipated inauguration on June 30, 2022. Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Mindful naman tayo na tayo ay nasa gitna parin pandemya (We're mindful that we're still in a...
