An alliance of child rights advocates commended the 18th Congress for passing several key children’s rights bills despite the abrupt adjustment demands in work due to Covid-19 restrictions. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / FILE PHOTO) Child Rights Network (CRN), on Thursday, June 2, extended its...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos has expressed support for the repatriation of Filipino workers affected by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Bishop Santos, vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal...
The 24-member Senate on Wednesday, June 1 adjourned sine die the third and final session of the 18th Congress, living behind a list of invaluable service and productive performance that benefited the Filipino people. In his valedictory address, Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III urged the...
The House of the Representatives has adjourned sine die, signaling the end of the third regular session and of the 18th Congress as a whole. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco presides over the 3rd Regular Session of the 18th Congress of the Philippines on June 1 (Photo from House of Representatives...
The Univesity of the Philippines (UP) students held a protest at UP Diliman in Quezon City on Wednesday, June 1, to urge the incoming 19th Congress to institutionalize the UP-Department of National Defense (UP-DND) accord. University of the Philippines Diliman (Wikimedia) This is in line with the...
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) received a new scholarship fund for its indigent students from the campus' industry partners. Photo from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) website The five subsidiaries of Active Group of Companies (AGC), with its founder and...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has approved the donation to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) of fuels that were seized by the Bureau of Customs and forfeited in favor of the government. The Customs will turn over a total of 41,356.8 liters of...
Ballet is back! There was a palpable sense of excitement and renewed anticipation during the media event that Ballet Philippines (BP) hosted to announce its upcoming 53rd Season. Held at Gallery by Chele, this highly-charged atmosphere could be attributed to the fact that after two years of...
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) received the "Edukalidad: Parangal sa Kahusayan Award" from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) at the Gawad Parangal 2022 awarding ceremony on May 18 held at the Quezon City University. From the University of the Philippines Los Baños...
The University of the Philippines (UP) released the results of UP College Applications (UPCA) 2022 on Tuesday, May 31. Photo from the University of the Philippines (UP) official website The UPCA 2022 applicants may use the given schedule below according to the timeslot corresponding to the first...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he hopes that the Commission on Appointments (CA) will consider the ad interim appointments of the remaining 115 senior military officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) whose confirmation are still pending at the committee level. Go voiced his...
The artist training division of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is accepting applications for the (7th) National Rondalla Workshop happening online via Zoom from July 19 to 23, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. This is the second year the workshop will be held online. The workshop trainers will...
