Malacañang said on Tuesday, Aug. 2, that the claim to Sabah of the Sultanate of Sulu descendants is "not an issue of sovereignty" as it is "in the nature of a private claim." Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Photo courtesy of OPS) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles stated this after members...
With the lapsing into law of a bill that increases the monthly pension of indigent senior citizens from P500 to P1,000, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto urged both the executive and legislative branches to find the P25 billion needed to make the bill’s promise into reality. Batangas Rep. Ralph...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. no longer has to issue an order to speed up the investigation on drug war-related killings as "it is already a part of the justice system." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Press Secretary Trixi Cruz-Angeles stated this on Tuesday,...
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte floated the idea of seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent his arrest if the International Criminal Court (ICC) continues its investigation into his administration’s bloody war on drugs campaign, his former spokesman Harry Roque said on...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. enjoined the citizenry to enrich the Filipino language in an attempt to change the old notion that speaking foreign language is the measure of intelligence. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Screengrab from BBM VLOG 220) Marcos stated this in his...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has tapped former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia as the poll body's new chairman. Former Elections Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec FB) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced Garcia's designation on...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has declared a 10-day period of national mourning over the passing of former President Fidel V. Ramos. Former president Fidel V. Ramos (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco / MANILA BULLETIN) Maros declared July 31 to Aug. 9 as a Period of National Mourning. The signed...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared that the Philippines has no intention in rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "The Philippines has no intention of rejoining the ICC," Marcos said in a press...
Officer-in-Charge Medardo De Lemos of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the new director of the agency. NBI Director Medardo de Lemos (Photo from the NBI) Malacañang announced this on Monday, Aug. 1. De Lemos served as the NBI’s...
Lieutenant General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. is the new chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Malacañang announced. Lieutenant General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. (Photo courtesy of the Police Regional Office 1) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has designated Azurin to the post on Monday, Aug....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente O. Bacarro as the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente O. Bacarro (Photo courtesy of the AFP-Southern Luzon Command) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced...
Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto on Monday, Aug. 1, stressed that the “powers and functions” should come first in the consideration of creating a new disaster response agency instead of its official name. Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I think signage is the least...
