Eighteen individuals and institutions were recognized for their contributions to making 2024 a year worth celebrating at the Manila Bulletin Newsmaker Awards, held at the Manila Hotel Tent City on Monday, Feb. 10. The awards were given as part of the Manila Bulletin’s 125th anniversary. Now on...
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) customers can expect higher electricity bills this February as the power retailer announced a rate increase, driven primarily by higher generation charges. In a statement on Tuesday, Feb. 11, Meralco announced an increase of P0.2834 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in the...
A bill seeking to extend the term limit of barangay (local village) officials from three to six years has received the penultimate approval in the House of Representatives. The move has sparked a debate on whether such an extension would benefit local governance or simply provide an undue...
Big business on Sunday, Feb. 9, urged the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to maintain and improve the dedicated lanes for buses and motorcycles on the main thoroughfare EDSA to decongest vehicular traffic. "Any talk of possible dismantling of the EDSA Carousel Line at this stage...
Bullying remains a nagging issue in our schools, adversely affecting the well-being and academic performance of countless students. Defined as repeated aggressive behavior intended to harm, intimidate, or humiliate a student, bullying can take many forms, including verbal abuse, physical...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila was “shocked” and “concerned” about a remark by a United States Embassy staff that “Chinese spies” could get ahold of his information during an altercation with traffic enforcers. The American and Chinese flags displayed at Genting Snow Park ahead of...
Amid the traffic altercation involving United States Embassy staff who was issued a ticket by traffic enforcers for passing through the ESDA busway, the embassy asked all of its staff to obey Philippine traffic laws. EDSA Busway (Photo by John Louie Abrina/MANILA BULLETIN) “The US...
A woman who was about to bring her husband home from a hospital in Manila was scammed of P100,000 by a suspect who pretended to be a hospital staff. The victim speaks during a media interview about the scam. In a media interview, the victim said that the suspect introduced herself as a staff of one...
The House of Representatives recently passed a bill aimed at curbing nuisance candidates by adding more grounds for declaring a candidate as such, with violators facing a ₱500,000 fine. Once enacted, this is certain to ease the job of the Comelec in determining nuisance candidates in...
Several provincial and municipal candidates in Rizal Province, including the incumbents, who will vie for their constituents' votes on May 12 have pledged to make the elections honest, orderly, and peaceful. During an event organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Rizal Provincial...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo and United States Embassy spokesperson Kanishka Gangopadhyay declined to comment on the reported abolition of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the recall of their personnel from foreign posts. A...
Health is wealth. This is why the passage of House Bill (HB) No. 11357, which proposes significant amendments to the Republic Act No. 11223, more commonly known as the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act, is crucial in ongoing efforts to reform healthcare in the country. This bill aims to...
