By Alex B. Brillantes, Jr. and Karl Emmanuel V. Ruiz President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) The first State of the Nation address of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. included several references to the imperatives of governance reform, specifically the...
A pro-farmer congressman has some very unsavory things to say about the personalities behind the whole sugar importation mess. (Unsplash) "Sa gitna ng pagdurusa ng ating mga magsasaka, walang puwang ang ano mang katiwalian sa pamahalaan (There is no place for corruption in government amid the...
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) today at the Batasang Pambansa in fulfillment of a constitutional mandate and to follow a tradition that began when President Manuel L. Quezon addressed a special session of the National Assembly on November 25,...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 15, and among the things that he is expected to discuss is the push for the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) among the youth. President Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
The Filipinas paid a courtesy visit to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. at the Malacañang Palace Wednesday, July 20, after their historic championship run in the recently concluded 2022 AFF Women's Championship. HONORING THE CHAMPS — Members of the Philippine Women's National...
GOLDEN AGE OF RELATIONS Ambassador Koshikawa giving a speech at the 68th Anniversary celebrations for the Japanese Self Defense Forces Last week the Japanese Embassy celebrated the 68th anniversary of their Self Defense Forces (SDF). At the official residence of Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko, one...
Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. argued that it is only right to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) into the Ferdinand E. Marcos International Airport because it was under the late president’s administration that the facility was "improved". Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno clarified that President Marcos is not disputing the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) June inflation report, saying the chief executive only misinterpreted the data given to him. In a televised interview over ANC on Wednesday, July 6, Diokno explained...
Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. filed a bill seeking to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) into the Ferdinand E. Marcos International Airport. Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. (FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Bill (HB) No. 610 was filed on...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has opposed the proposal of a militant teachers’ group for the new administration to drop English in favor of Filipino as the medium of instruction, saying it would be a "recipe for disaster". Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte...
WALA LANG In response to the charge that the Marcoses will now rewrite history, Senator Imee Marcos replied that they will simply try to present their side. Indeed the past 36 years as well as the recent campaign demonstrates what an 18th century biographer said, “it is the victor who writes...
The inaugural address of the 17th president of the Republic of the Philippines, Ferdinand Romualdez R. Marcos Jr., emphasized the transformative power of hope, as he said, “Your hope is my hope.” It also resounded with the call for unity, which he credited as the message that propelled him to...
