Malacañang is yet to make official the declaration of Nov. 29, 2021 and Dec. 1, 2021 as special working days ahead of a planned three-day nationwide vaccination drive. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Despite this, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles found it best to explain to Filipinos how...
President Duterte emphasized on Wednesday, Oct. 27, the importance of achieving full socio-economic recovery in the Southeast Asian region from the devastating coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis "the soonest possible time." President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the remarks...
SELF-EXPLORATION From top: Evert Bañares as the protagonist and director of Ang May Akda: Ikatlong Yugto; the movie poster; and a scene from the short film Timely for Halloween, a short film shot entirely in Iloilo City during the pandemic has won a special award at the Berlin Flash Film Festival...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested three alleged drug pushers who yielded P3.4-M worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor, Cavite on Thursday, Oct. 21. PDEA National Capital Region (NCR) Director Christian Frivaldo identified the...
Sen. Bong Revilla and Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado Revilla's three sons are all seeking government positions in the 2022 elections. (Photo courtesy of Lani M. Revilla / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) On Friday (Oct. 22), Mayor Revilla announced on Facebook that her youngest son, Ram Revilla, will...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan I wrote about this in Agriculture.com.ph early last year, and I think it’s worth revisiting, because in a market flooded with adulterated honey, or “fakes,” we can always get a refresher on how to choose unadulterated, or “pure” honey. Not all honey available...
Three to five police generals will be endorsed by Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año to President Duterte as the possible successor of Philippine National Police PNP Chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo from PCOO) Año said...
Around 141 passengers and 16 crew members were traveling from Chicago towards the Pacific coast on an Amtrak train when eight of the 10 cars came off the tracks. (AFP/File) WASHINGTON, United States -- Amtrak on Sunday expressed condolences to the families of those killed when a train derailed the...
Three suspected drug pushers were arrested when they yielded some P3.4 million worth of shabu during a buy-bust in Makati City on Friday night, Sept. 3. Nabbed were Ariel Morilla, 42; Kimberly Bonanza, 32; and Virginia Tuazon, 41. Seized from them were 500 grams of shabu. The operation stemmed from...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested three suspected pushers and seized shabu worth P3.4 million during a buy-bust in Dasmariñas City, Cavite on August 30. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold Carreon identified the suspects as Jean Llianes, 36; Devielyn Gammad, 32;...
The death toll in a botched escape plan of inmates at the Marikina City Jail has increased to three after a jail guard succumbed to serious body injuries, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said Friday, Aug. 27. Major Xavier Solda, spokesperson of the Bureau of Jail Management and...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and its training arm disclosed on Saturday, August 14, that it is spearheading the establishment of a platform to strengthen local-level cooperation among local government bodies of ASEAN Plus Three (APT) member countries in battling the...
