The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) clarified Friday, March 18, that it will never allow the operation of the illegal number game "Peryahan ng Bayan" contrary to the claims being floated in some reports. Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (DILG photo) Undersecretary Jonathan...
Bayan Muna Party-list solons under the militant Makabayan bloc wants a House probe into the unused P4.99-billion loans for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that was provided by the "Bayanihan 2" Law. Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Zarate (Photo from Bayan Muna) On March 2, The Commission on...
The Mandaluyong City local government launched on Tuesday, March 15, the Kasalang Bayan 2022 to help unmarried couples have the wedding of their dreams amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo from Mayor Menchie Abalos' Facebook) In a set of photos posted on her official Facebook page,...
Bayan Muna Party-list, on Thursday, March 3, filed House Resolution (HR) No. 2504 initiating a House investigation into the Social Security System’s (SSS) re-implementation of the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners (ACOP) Program. The SSS main office (FILE PHOTO) “The reimplementation of the...
The Quezon City government has legitimized the union of over 6,000 indigent couples in the city through its month-long Kasalang Bayan. A total of 6,233 indigent QCitizen couples were able to solemnize their union for free. “Our Kasalang Bayan primarily aims to provide support to indigent couples...
A total of 17 babies were formally welcomed to the Christian world during the “Binyagang Bayan” launched by the Pasay City government on Feb. 25. The babies were christened at the Sta. Clara de Montefalco Parish Church. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubinao said the Binyagang Bayan was the first ever mass...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is introduced as the “Bantay ng Bayan (Guard of the Nation)” in his new campaign ad released on Thursday, Feb. 24 for his 2022 senatorial bid. (Screenshot from Sen. Trillanes’ Facebook page) During his 12-year term in Senate from 2007 to 2018, the former...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año has directed the local government units (LGUs) to strengthen the “Botika ng Bayan and Botika ng Barangay’’ programs amid the efforts to discourage sari-sari (variety) stores not to sell medicines. “Mayroon din...
Bayan Muna party-list, on Thursday, Feb. 17, has filed a resolution seeking an investigation into the recent cyberattacks conducted against the websites of several news outlets for alleged biased reporting. Bayan Muna representatives Carlos Zarate, Ferdinand Gaite, and Eufemia Cullamat filed House...
A tale about poverty and politics is set to come alive again on stage as Tanghalang Pilipino Actors Company plans to restage Layeta Bucoy’s “Doc Resurreccion, Gagamutin ang Bayan.” If COVID restrictions ease further, there may even be a chance for a live staging of the show at the Cultural...
Bayan Muna Party-list has filed on Monday, Feb, 21, House Resolution (HR) 2496 to condemn and to pursue a congressional inquiry on the allegedly unconstitutional arrest and detention of Dr. Maria Natividad Castro by the Philippine National Police (PNP). Dr. Ma. Natividad Marian S. Castro Formally...
A civil servant from Sorsogon City employed a variety of teaching tools and methods to spark the interest of students in Mathematics and dispel their fear of numbers. Elementary school children wearing face masks sit in a classroom on Natuna island in Riau islands province on 4 February, 2020....
