The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday, Jan. 23, started printing the automated ballots for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) set to be used in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "Printing of AES ballots for the BARMM is set to start this morning, at the National...
As part of their committment to voters, presidential and vice presidential aspirants should join the debates, Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said on Saturday, Jan. 22. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez answers questions from the media during a press briefing at the...
The Oscar-nominated documentary features a Filipina nurse’s COVID-19 ordeal The First Wave director Matthew Heineman One of the 15 documentary features vying for an Oscar in the coming 94th Academy Awards is Matthew Heineman’s The First Wave , an inside look at the COVID-19 health scare as the...
The National Arts Council Singapore announces the presentation of Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book at the Singapore Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia THE VANISHING Film still, 16th century edition of Petrarch's work, censored in...
An expert sees the possibility of placing Metro Manila under an Alert Level 2 status by February 2022. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) National Task Force (NTF) against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa said that Metro Manila’s Alert Level status may be...
The national government aims to expand the “Resbakuna sa Botika” coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program nationwide by mid-February, National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa said on Saturday, Jan. 22. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO)...
Faculty at the University of the Philippines under the Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) criticized vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte's proposal to require military service for all Filipinos and called out the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the...
Construction works for the long-awaited Philippine National Railways (PNR) Bicol, also known as the South Long Haul Project, are set to start within the first quarter of 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS (PNR) "Yung construction works mag-uumpisa po...
Various military equipment amounting to P1 billion (Renminbi/RMB 130 million) were donated by the Chinese government to the Philippines recently, according to the Department of National Defense (DND). (Courtesy of Department of National Defense) DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said the first...
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) launched of Friday, Jan. 21, a new program which seeks to protect journalists from the threats of violence, discrimination, misinformation, and corruption in preparation for the May 9 national and local elections. Secretary Eduardo Año (DILG...
The national government aims to vaccinate 50 to 100 individuals against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) per pharmaceutical drug store during the launch of “Resbakuna sa Botika," National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa said on Thursday, Jan. 20. (Ali...
The National Youth Commission (NYC) on Wednesday, Jan. 19, urged the public and private education stakeholders to heed the call for a national academic break following the rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) "As the country...
