Shunning special treatment like she always does, Vice President Leni Robredo returned to her home in Camarines Sur to register on the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). VP Leni Robredo registers for the national ID system on May 4, 2021 (Mhentz Manaoag/Facebook) In photos posted by her...
The video footage from a police body camera can offer "more believable" evidence in court, Malacañang said Tuesday as the country's police force moves to finalize protocols on the use of such technology to record law enforcement operations. (AFP/Manila Bulletin) According to Presidential spokesman...
In time with the holy month of Ramadan, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is set to hold a webinar series featuring various Islamic traditions and cuisines. (Photo by Levi Meir Clancy / Unsplash) The activity, to be done in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of...
Re-examining the key goals, core values, and top priorities of journalism in a changing world WAR ROOM The Manila Bulletin (MB) newsroom, springboard to the future in a heritage building in Intramuros At a small, rather casual, but top-level meeting of executives and editors at the Manila Bulletin...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Monday, May 3, said the first batch of Philippine ID (PhilID) cards printed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will be delivered starting this week. (PHOTO COURTESY OF PSA) The official delivery partner of the Philippine Identification System...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, May 4 questioned the “speedy” release of P10.6-billion out of the P19-billion controversial budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The move comes after majority of the lawmakers called for the...
Photo from coach Jorge Edson Souza de Brito's Facebook page Jorge Edson Souza de Brito already got a sense of the country’s passion for volleyball when he joins the national women’s team coaching staff in July. The 54-year-old Brazilian mentor said he heard many things from a dear friend,...
In case you are wondering if you can apply for national ID at the offices of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the answer is no. Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez provided this explanation in his Twitter account. "People asking if they can apply for a National ID at Comelec offices....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged state economic managers to allocate more funds for the education sector in next year’s proposed national budget to help the sector’s recovery from the negative impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian said the government...
President Duterte has lauded the start of the national identification program despite initial technical difficulties that marred the online registration. President Rodrigo Duterte receives his national ID from National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua in Malacañang...
Photo from Jorge Edson Souza de Brito's Facebook page The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has granted the Philippine National Volleyball Federation’s (PNVF) request for a Brazilian coach for the national women’s team by appointing Olympic gold medalist Jorge Edson Souza de Brito to...
The head of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has apologized over the failed pilot launch of the online registration for the national identification (ID) system. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua on Monday, May 3, took full responsibility for the...
