Disinformation and propaganda are playing part in the popularity of presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos among low-income groups, according to a lecturer at the De La Salle University (DLSU). (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) Talking to ANC, Cleve Arguelles, lecturer at the DLSU's...
The Bureau of the Treasury has raised an initial P120.76 billion well above the P30-billion on offer from the government's new five-year retail Treasury Bond (RTB) that generated total tenders of P183.44 billion at the launch Tuesday, Feb. 15. The Treasury said small Filipino savers wanting to take...
Three-time Southeast Asian Games champion John Chicano and Cebuana standout Raven Faith Alcoseba ruled the National Age Group Triathlon (NGAT) series/National Triathlon Trials in contrasting fashion at the Adventure Cove in Subic Bay Freeport over the weekend. Chicano bucked a slow start and...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Tuesday, Feb. 15 that they will assess the safety seal program being implemented by the government on Thursday and if it is up to par, then the National Capital Region (NCR) may ease to Alert Level 1 by the first week of March. People in queue for goods...
The youngest daughter of Vice President Leni Robredo sang a rendition of the song “Paraiso” during an event of national artists who are supporting her mother’s presidential bid. Vice President Leni Robredo and her youngest daughter Jillian (Photo from Robredo’s Facebook page) Robredo posted...
Amid the ongoing campaigns for the 2022 national and local elections, health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF) against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) special adviser Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon urged Filipinos to pick a leader who will make the country proud. (Unsplash) “We...
Vice President Leni Robredo marked Valentine’s Day on Monday, Feb. 14, with various Philippine national artists endorsing her presidential bid for the May 2022 polls. Filipino artists and writers, who are members of the Katipunan sa Kultura at Kasaysayan (KKK), express their support for Vice...
Investors pressed anew for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Feb. 14, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, rose to 0.810 percent from 0.710 percent previously. The Bureau of the...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) under the coronavirus (COVID-19) Alert Level 2 while it placed seven other areas under Alert Level 3 from February 16 to 28, 2022. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) In a statement, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said...
Vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Monday, Feb.14 pressed the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to look into the persistent use of text messaging as a black propaganda tool to spread lies and fake news to smear the integrity of personalities or groups....
A group of electric cooperatives and member-consumer-owners have thrown their support to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian who is seeking a fresh term in the Senate in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. The 13.5 million-strong National Center of Electric Cooperatives Consumers Inc. (NCECCO) said it...
To address possible concerns of teachers who will serve as poll workers in the upcoming 2022 national and local elections, the Department of Education (DepEd) assured that it continues to coordinate with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I am sure...
