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....
The Makabayan bloc, particularly Bayan Muna Party-list, wants to conduct a House probe on the "outrageous and highly condemnable" arrest of suspected Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (NPA) member, Dr. Maria Natividad Castro. (Photo from Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos...
Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed her sympathy to the family of Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee Ambalang Ausalin who passed away on Friday, Feb. 18. Vice President Leni Robredo with Ambalang Ausalin (Photo courtesy of VP Leni Robredo) "Mourning the loss of Ambalang Ausalin, who fought to...
Thirty-six couples in Pateros got married in the municipal government’s “Kasalang Bayan 2022” held on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce officiated the wedding in the ceremony attended also by Vice Mayor Gerald German and councilors at the Villa Monica Resort in...
(PULSE ASIA) If the May 9 elections were held today, only nine party-list groups would have the support of 2 percent of Filipino voters, according to the Pulse Asia Research's Pulso ng Bayan pre-electoral survey conducted from Jan. 19 to 24. Pulse Asia asked 2,400 respondents nationwide to choose...
Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) Contact Center ng Bayan (CCB) has posted a resolution rate of 99.69 percent. (CSC / MANILA BULLETIN) According to CSC, this means that the CCB resolved a total of 211,726 transactions in 2021 out of a total of...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday, Jan. 11 called for a congressional investigation into the Manila Bulletin report that a new incident of data breach of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) servers took place over the weekend. Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos...
As oil companies move to implement a big time oil price hike starting this week, an opposition leader aired strong suspicion that government economic managers are blocking efforts in Congress to suspend excise tax on petroleum products for at least six months. Gasoline pump Deputy Minority Leader...
