(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives is eyeing the allocation of at least P3 billion for the planned development projects on Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). This was bared by House Speaker Martin Romualdez Thursday night, Oct. 5....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (4th from left) House Speaker Martin Romualdez led a small group of congressmen to Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Thursday morning, Oct. 5. They left that same afternoon with a clear idea of what their...
More than 275 kilos of illegal drugs were intercepted at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) from an alleged drug syndicate that imported them from Mexico, the Philippine National Police (PNP) confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 5. Col. Jean Fajardo, chief of the PNP-Public Information Office,...
Local share prices plunged after the government reported that consumer prices surged in September. The main index fell 119.60 points or 1.90 percent to close at 6,178.60 as the Property sector led all sub indices in their retreat. A total of 676 million shares worth P5.43 billion changed...
Senators have called on government agencies to provide stronger cybersecurity measures to prevent attacks such as what happened to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Sen. Grace Poe said that any cyber attack is unacceptable, especially against government data systems. "As...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported the prevalent non-compliance of rice retailers with the price ceilings set by President Marcos. National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa said a majority of rice retailers, approximately 76 percent to 80 percent, have failed to adhere to the...
The Water Accounts of the Philippines, as compiled by the Environment and Natural Resources Accounts Division showed an increase in the country’s overall water use efficiency (WUE) in 2022. In a collected data released on Thursday, Oct. 5 showed that last year’s consumption went up to P211.04...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is taking a stand against the dissemination of misleading information by social media "influencers." National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa has voiced his concerns regarding the misleading content surrounding inflation being circulated by self-proclaimed...
Hell, as they say, hath no fury like a woman scorned and this time, it involves a wife of a police sergeant who taught her husband a hard lesson about monogamy. This, after operatives of the Philippine National Police-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG) arrested 36-year old Police...
Consumer prices surged last month due to the steep rise in food prices, particularly rice, and the spike in transportation costs caused by higher fuel prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. In a briefing, National Statistician Claire Dennis S. Mapa said that headline inflation...
President Marcos has ordered the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to come up with a general plan to develop and rehabilitate the coconut industry as it carries out a massive coconut planting and replanting program. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this...
The annual list of The World’s 50 Best Bars, sponsored by Perrier, will be unveiled as part of a live awards ceremony in Singapore at the Pasir Panjang power station, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, marking the first time in the awards’ history the ceremony will be held in Asia. Ahead of the official...
