The next Department of Finance (DOF) head needs to keep a close eye on four pressing issues, such as public debt, inflation, exacerbated inequality and climate change, President Duterte’s chief economic manager said. Eight months before the term of the Duterte administration ends, Finance...
A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people crossing the overpass days after Metro Manila has been placed under a stricter GCQ ahead of a two-week ECQ from August 6 to 20, 2021. (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) logged 1,409 new coronavirus disease...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have rolled out livelihood programs for transport workers and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iloilo province. (Photo from Department of Transportation) Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade...
President Duterte has named Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain as the chief implementer of the ‘Build, Build, Build’ (BBB) program of the government. Duterte, through a Memorandum by Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea dated Nov. 3, Sadain has...
Crowd at flea market The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed alarm over circulating reports of crowding in the different public spaces, saying this could trigger a spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases again. "Nakakaalarma ito dahil nga pagkanagkukumpulan ang mga tao ay posible na...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to inoculate on Wednesday, Nov. 10, another batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are about to be deployed abroad. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the government of Brunei has donated some 2,000 doses...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) vowed to work together in pursuing gender equality and women's empowerment in the environment sector. (Photo from PCW) In a virtual signing ceremony on Oct. 29, the two agencies forged a...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has already given up on its ambitious growth target of 2 percent for the agriculture sector, but it has remained hopeful that the sector could still pull off a growth of at least below 1 percent following four consecutive quarters of decline. 44673 In a briefing,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) inaugurated on Tuesday, Nov. 9, the country’s first Metrology in Chemistry (MiC) Laboratory. (Photo from Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute) DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña led the opening of the...
Re-electionist Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged the government to make sure that a majority of the population would get vaccinated against COVID-19 before Christmas. Hontiveros made the call as she expressed her support to the government and private sector’s initiative to conduct a...
A one-stop-shop mobile app dedicated to Philippine tourism products and services for Chinese mainland visitors was recently launched in China, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement Monday, Nov. 8. Boracay, arguably the crown jewel of Philippine tourism. (Photo by RJ...
The Philipppine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has suspended anew the deployment of Filipino nurses and healthcare workers abroad as the 6,500 cap set for the year has been reached. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Inabot na natin yung deployment cap. Nagkaroon tayo ng (We...
