Newly-appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Aimee Neri is ready to answer allegations against her at the proper time, Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said on Monday, March 14. (Comelec Commissioner Aimee Neri / Photo from Comelec FB page) "At the proper time, she will call a...
Following two consecutive weeks of failed domestic borrowings, the national government made a partial award of the short-dated debt papers despite still elevated interest rates. The Bureau of the Treasury raised P9.137 billion from auction of three-month, six-month and one-year IOUs, with total...
Over 1,300 alumni and students of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law backed the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo. Photo shows thousands of supporters who attended the Sagay City Rally in support of the Leni-Kiko tandem, at the Government Center in Sagay City,...
Senatorial candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro said on Sunday he is optimistic that the next set of members in Congress would play a crucial role in helping the new administration manage its public debt with P12-trillion worth of loans. The former Tarlac represenative and 1989 Bar toopnotcher said...
Vaccination in Pateros (Pateros municipal government) An official of the Department of Health (DOH) said that the conduct of the 4th Covid-19 national vaccination drive or the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” campaign has been extended to further increase the country’s vaccination coverage. “So yung...
Over 2,000 scholars, alumni, former faculty, and parents from the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) or "Pisay," released a statement endorsing Vice President and presidential bet Leni Robredo, citing her track record of public service. Vice President Leni Robredo (MARK BALMORES / MANILA...
Aside from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Philippine government has to be "vigilant and prepared" over the situation in North Korea, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. Lacson, who chairs the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, is reacting to...
"The LGBTQI community is not a costume for political campaigning." This was what the University of the Philippines Babaylan, the longest-existing LGBTQI student organization in the Philippines and in Asia, said to vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte after she claimed that she is part of the...
The Commission on Election's (Comelec) temporary suspension on its partnership with news website Rappler is an "attack on press freedom" a group said Saturday, March 12. On March 8, the poll body halted its partnership with Rappler, a day after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) filed a...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The government is planning to extend the conduct of the fourth round of the national vaccination drive or the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" program after it only reached 44...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. was not inclined to support the implementation of Alert Level 0 in the entire Philippines despite the improved Covid-19 situation. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. talks to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Maximum Security Compound of the New Bilibid Prison...
Over 300 educators and staff from San Beda University (SBU) aired support for presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate, Senator Kiko Pangilinan. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan (Photo from Vice President Leni Robredo's Facebook page) The...
