MANILA BAY RECLAMATION — This aerial shot taken on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, shows the extent of one of the reclamation projects that is being undertaken in Manila Bay. On Aug. 11, 2023, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered the suspension of 22 reclamation projects in Manila Bay, pending a...
SO34T700 What If Beige Time is circular, although in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera wrote that “time runs ahead in a straight line,” the argument on which his definition of happiness as “the longing for repetition” is anchored. But the past is everywhere in the present...
In line with their respective administration's advocacies towards "people-oriented" policies and public service, four city mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) have signed the "Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) Manifesto." These NCR mayors include Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, Quezon...
A 23-year-old man was arrested for alarm and scandal and illegal possession of firearms in Tondo, Manila on Saturday, Aug. 19. The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the suspect as Reymark Manalastas, resident of De Vera Sepac Almasen Navotas City. MPD said it dispatched personnel at around 3...
K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) returned to the Philippines to hold the finale of their second world tour. The five-member group composed of Soobin, Yeonjun, Taehyun, Beomgyu and HueningKai enthralled the audience at their “Act: Sweet Mirage” concert held on Aug. 13 at the...
Photo Courtesy of Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN Members of Hijos Del Nazareno (HDN) Central filed charges against drag artist Amadeus Fernando Pagente alias Pura Luka Vega before the Manila City Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, Aug. 17, over his controversial performance of "Ama Namin" (The Lord's...
Some portions of Rodriguez and Cainta, both in Rizal Province, will experience water service interruption for six to eight hours until Friday, Aug. 18, due to the scheduled repair and maintenance works by Manila Water. The east zone water concessionaire said there will be seven hours of...
DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga (Screenshot from YouTube live) The halted reclamation projects in Manila Bay weren't in line with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) rehabilitation of the bay. Thus, bared DENR...
Filipinos have always loved their libations—that’s a statistically and historically factual statement. An International Wine and Spirits Research report a decade ago published information about the habits of the Pinoy drinker, including how we consume 43 percent of the world’s gin, landing us...
Photo Courtesy of Manila Police District/MANILA BULLETIN Two drug suspects were arrested for possession of P1,509,600 worth of alleged shabu in San Miguel, Manila on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the suspects as Fatima Enriquez, 24, and Darrel Orbe, 46, both...
The additional 100 towers that had been transferred by Ayala-led Globe continue to beef up the telecom business portfolio of Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation (MIESCOR), a subsidiary of power utility giant Manila Electric Company. Via MIESCOR Infrastructure Development Corporation...
Water concessionaire Manila Water announced that there will be no water in most parts of a village in Antipolo City and a portion of Cainta in Rizal on Aug. 16 to 17. In its advisory, Manila Water said the water service interruption will start at 10 p.m. on Aug. 16, Wednesday, until 6 a.m. of Aug....
