Photo by Kimia on Unsplash This October, Metro Manila will host two major Oktoberfest celebrations, blending Bavarian tradition with modern hospitality. One will take place in the South at Newport City, and the other in the North at Solaire Resort, both promising a memorable experience for...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The measure seeking to grant the Manila Electric Co.(Meralco) a new 25-year franchise moved forward in the House of Representatives just before the congressional break. ...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is taking a bold step by passing Resolution No. 11064 that bans the use of false amplifiers — fake accounts, bots, deepfakes, cheap fakes, and softfakes — in a bid to ensure the integrity of the upcoming 2025 elections, and maybe beyond. The resolution...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three patrol boats and law enforcement tools were turned over to the Pacific Area Alliance of Local Governments for Marine Resources Development (PALMDev) by the Canadian Embassy in Manila and WildAid and Rare organizations on Monday, September 23, in Hinundayan, Southern...
SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIP From left: Jordan Tan, The Manila Bulletin head of business development, Philip Cu-Unjieng, The Manila Bulletin columnist, Dr. Raul Destura, Clinical and Translational Research Institute director at The Medical City, Jose Xavier Gonzales, chairman of the board of The Medical...
Some P1.6 million illegal drugs were seized by police during a one week simultaneous anti-crime operations in the province. In his report, Rizal Police Provincial Office (PPO) Director Col. Felipe Maraggun told Regional Police Office 4-A Brigadier Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas that the police operations,...
​The United States Embassy in Manila has advised those applying for the visa that there will be interruption on its services from Sept. 26 to 27. According to the embassy, the scheduled interruption is due to the transition of its new visa appointment scheduling system. During the two-day...
(Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) While Metro Manila may be notorious for its perennial heavy traffic, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) maintained that it was still far from being the worst in the world. Caloocan 2nd district...
The highly anticipated inaugural Manila Bulletin Sustainability Focus Session is set to bring together an impressive lineup of thought leaders from the energy and real estate sectors. This event will center around critical issues surrounding sustainability and explore initiatives and insights aimed...
Antipolo City has been declared as an insurgency-free community, the local government announced. To affirm the local government’s commitment to ensuring a peaceful city, City Mayor Casimiro “Jun” Ynares, III and Vice Mayor Josefina Gatlabayan led local officials in signing the Memorandum of...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has clarified that the backlog of rice shipments at Manila ports is not due to congestion, but rather pending actions from consignees necessary for the release of these goods. According to the BOC, there are currently 258 containers of rice at the Port of Manila. Of...
East zone concessionaire Manila Water Co. Inc. is conducting maintenance works at its Marikina North Sewage Plant and Terminal Pumping Station to improve the plant's capacity, redundancy, and compliance with environmental standards. In a statement, Manila Water said on Friday, Sept. 20, that the...
