Nine incumbent Metro Manila mayors met with vice presidential aspirant and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for lunch on Wednesday at a hotel in Ortigas Center in Pasig City. Present during the meeting were: Mayor Edwin Olivarez of Parañaque, Mayor Oca Malapitan of Caloocan, Mayor Toby...
President Duterte's acceptance of United States (US) President Joe Biden's invitation to join the so-called Summit for Democracy only shows that the Philippines is "A friend to all, enemy to none." (Photos from Malacañang/ Unsplash) This, according to Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential...
Hundreds of vehicles stalled on Wednesday morning, Dec. 8 for several hours along Commonwealth Ave. due to the slow-moving joint caravan of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos' chief-of-staff and...
President Duterte has regulated the prices of more drugs and medicines for the leading causes of morbidity in the country, a Palace official said on Wednesday, Dec. 8. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte signed on Tuesday Executive Order No. 155, which sets the price regulation...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday said he expects more Filipinos to have access to affordable medicines now that President Duterte has signed an executive order adding more medicines and drugs that would be subject to a price cap. Duterte had earlier signed Executive Order No. 155...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. wooed Quezon City folk Wednesday, Dec. 8 as he led his joint caravan with vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio. Marcos Jr. started his motorcade in front of the Commission on Audit along Commonwealth Ave. shortly before 8 a.m....
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has lauded Public Works and Highways Secretary Roger Mercado for launching the Assistance to Support Youth and Unemployment for Development (AYUDA) program, saying that this is a new weapon that government can rely on in fighting unemployment and poverty triggered...
President Duterte has signed a directive paving the way for the establishment of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital. President Rodrigo Duterte (right) signs a document as Senator Bong Go watches him (Photo from PCOO Facebook) Executive Order (EO) No.154 was signed on Tuesday, Dec. 7,...
President Duterte has accepted United States (US) President Joe Biden's invitation for him to participate in the upcoming Summit for Democracy, Malacañang announced Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 7. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and US President Joe Biden (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
For the record, it's "Lapulapu"--not "Lapu-Lapu"--when referring to the first Philippine hero. Photo from Wikipedia. The caption reads, “Imaginary posthumous portrait of Lapulapu by Carlo Caacbay for the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, 2019.” The standard spelling of the name...
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday made it clear that he did not support then Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for president when the latter ran for the country’s top government post in the May 2016 elections. In fact, Gordon said, he voted for Sen. Grace Poe, who was also running for president at...
A Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) official said Tuesday, Dec. 7 that the ruling political party continues to "support the advocacy" of Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (left) and Senator Bong Go (Photos from Facebook) "Sa panig ng (On...
