Despite the ongoing pandemic, the Filipino heritage and culture will continue to be celebrated in this year's National Arts Month through diverse activities to be led by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). National Arts Month 2022 (Photo from National Commission for Culture and...
The Department of National Defense (DND) finally signed on Friday, Jan. 28, the contract for the acquisition of India's BrahMos supersonic missile system for the Philippine Navy (PN) which is worth USD 374,962,800 or around P19 billion. The Department of National Defense, represented by Secretary...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila is now under the “moderate” risk classification after a decreasing trend of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases was observed in recent days. “Moderate-risk na po ang NCR (National Capital Region) kahapon pa. Bumababa na po ng...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon challenged on Friday, Jan. 28, Partido Federal ng Pilipinas' (PFP) general counsel to a debate on television and tell her what she violated when she announced her vote to disqualify presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos Jr. (Photo from...
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones expressed her gratitude to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for granting the increase of the honorarium of the members of electoral boards which will be composed of teachers. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I would like to express our...
In the recent tweets of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Thursday, Jan. 27, she continued to assert that she cannot be bought, threatened, nor seduced in her decision on the disqualification case filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.....
Senator Richard Gordon is now pushing for the bill that seeks to create a special court that would handle cases that have been filed against policemen. In filing Senate Bill No. 2331, Gordon underscored the importance of holding erring members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) accountable for...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon explained on Wednesday, Jan. 26 the reason why the First Division has not yet released its decision on the disqualification case filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (Photo from...
ft.com The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech has 91 percent efficacy in children aged five to 11 years old, a member of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) said on Wednesday, Jan. 26. “The vaccine efficacy for the adolescents age group (12 to...
Malacañang said that the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) was only seeking guidance from the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) about assigning available and unused frequencies and the OES had no direct hand in giving ABS-CBN's frequencies to the Advanced Media Broadcasting...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal said on Wednesday, Jan. 26 that if the Commission on Elections (Comelec) could "brag" that it started printing the May 2022 ballots "way earlier" than the May 2019 polls, then there is no reason why it could not get clarification from the Supreme Court regarding...
The government's pandemic task force is set to discuss Metro Manila's possible deescalation to Alert Level 2 for the first half of February 2022 and will make the announcement on the weekend. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3...
