The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) expanded its services by approving three additional branches in Visayas. Photo from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) These are the Alang-Alang Branch in Leyte Chapter and La Carlota City and San Carlos City Branches in Negros Occidental-Bacolod City Chapter. The...
Former Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te, a volunteer lawyer for the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), noted the increase of trolling, hate speech, and red-tagging on social media even after the 2022 elections. Former Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) During...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) announced in a statement Thursday, May 19, that it is now welcoming walk-in clients who are qualified to get a second Covid-19 booster shot through their PRC “Bakuna” Centers. (Photo from PH Red Cross) People under the A1 category such as workers in frontline...
K-pop girl group Red Velvet will be coming to perform in Manila in July. Performers at the event are (from top) Red Velvet, Lady Pipay, Bini and BGYO (Be You on Twitter) Twitter account Be You announced that Red Velvet will be one of the special guests at the “Be You” event that will be held on...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has been using vlogs to reach as wide an audience as possible ahead of the May 9, 2022 elections. With now over 200 of these vlogs posted on his YouTube channel, a scouring of noteworthy snippets in these videos is in order. The UniTeam tandem during their...
Mapua head coach Randy Alcantara played down another unexpected run as he steered his team back to the NCAA Finals after 31 years while also ending San Beda’s 13 straight finals streak. Photo from GMA NCAA Interestingly, it was Alcantara who also snapped San Beda’s seven-year reign in the...
Radius Telecoms, Inc. (RADIUS) aims to transform and improve the way Filipino families enjoy their togetherness, family time and leisure hours with RED Fiber, the country’s newest broadband service. RED Fiber offers Pinoy households the full promise of 100% fiber internet streaming and...
The albums of K-pop groups NCT Dream, Stray Kids, TWICE and Red Velvet have been certified platinum to double million based on sales. The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) issued the new certifications on May 12 through the Gaon Music Chart for album sales in Korea and streaming. (Clockwise...
Kontra Daya Election watchdog Kontra Daya urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the alleged red-tagging of some candidates and party-list groups during this year's elections. "Kontra Daya has documented several cases of red-tagging of certain candidates and party-list groups on...
A total of 165 families in Daraga and Guinobatan, Albay who lost their homes due to lahar flooding were given new homes by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). PH Red Cross' relocation site in Bubulusan, Guinobatan (Photo courtesy of PRC) PRC has recently handed the displaced families their certificate...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) committed to cut more red tapes so Independent Tower Companies (ITCs) can fast-track their infrastructure rollouts. While the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) agreed on in a previous public-private sector consultation "substantially...
The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) University Council challenged candidates running in the 2022 elections to declare their defense against any form of attacks on the education system particularly red-tagging. University of the Philippines (up.edu.ph) “We challenge candidates to...
