Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Sunday, May 15, said that they will continuously fight against disinformation, adding that they look forward to intensifying the work of making the truth prevail. The statement came after Vice President (VP) Leni Robredo’s thanksgiving...
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Friday, May 13, joined the “Black Friday protest” held in front of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) where the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) Canvassing Center is located. (Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) The...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday congratulated Filipino actor Robin Padilla for ranking high in the May 2022 senatorial race, saying he can fully represent the Muslim community in the Senate. “I think his advocacy on Muslim participation is resonating,” Gatchalian said in an interview on...
Food, beyond its literal definition, is a means of expression that is intrinsic to a country's cultural identity. In a KainCon webinar, which is part of the Filipino Food Month celebration, award-winning food writer and book designer Guillermo “Ige” Ramos quoted French gastronome Jean Anthelme...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma On Monday, May 9, Filipinos will elect a new President and other national and local leaders. The election of a new President is a watershed event in the life of a nation. In 1986, the snap election called by Ferdinand Marcos – widely perceived as a gambit to fortify his grip...
The country’s biggest language and cultural organizations called for the restoration of Filipino and Literature subjects at the tertiary level. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a unity statement, 14 language organizations underscored the need to advocate for nationalist and...
Days before the 2022 elections, Filipino students, alumni, and researchers from universities in the United Kingdom declared their support for the candidacies of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan in the upcoming May 9 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko...
The Department of National Defense (DND) celebrated the culmination of this year’s Ramadan – also called Eid al-Fitr – with Filipino Muslims on Monday, May 1, with a message of hope that love, reconciliation, and social healing eventually prevail especially with the coming elections. A group...
President Duterte on Labor Day honored all Filipino workers around the world as the citizenry's source of "immense pride" and "encouragement". President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "I join the entire nation in honoring all our mighty Filipino workers through the celebration of this year's...
Government agencies and other groups held a caravan at the Edsa People Power monument and in various provinces to "celebrate the wins and milestones" of the Duterte administration, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Sunday, May 1. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Emmanuel Macron has been reelected president of France, becoming the first French leader to win a second term in 20 years. Macron, a centrist, won 58.5 percent of the votes while his rival far-right Marine Le Pen garnered 41.5 percent....
PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) said it is considering including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the government's second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot program. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that they will discuss this with the members of the Health Technology...
