All schools that offer basic education were enjoined by the Department of Education (DepED) to participate in the observance of Filipino Values Month (FVM) this November. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Signed by Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Epimaco Densing III, the agency issued DepED...
‘In a lot of ways, my story is typical of a Filipino immigrant to Australia,’ says the Korean-born envoy KOREAN SHEILA Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Hae Kyong Yu When Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Hae Kyong Yu entered the newly opened Panco Café, almost every head turned...
Each veteran has a story. US Army Col. Edward Evans, AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro, US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson, and American Battle Monuments Commission Secretary Charles Djou lead the first public and in-person Veterans Day ceremony in Manila since 2019. (Photo courtesy of the...
Canada will undertake a recruitment mission in Manila later this month to hire Filipino healthcare workers willing to work in one of its provinces. Healthcare workers The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines announced that the country's Saskatchewan province has employment opportunities open for...
The House Committee on Transportation approved bills creating extension offices of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) on Wednesday, Nov. 9. (File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) The measures filed by MARINO Party-list Rep. Sandro Gonzales creating the MARINA offices in Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon,...
The creation of a Magna Carta of Filipino seafarers would help address concerns regarding global training standards and improve their competitiveness and personal advantage, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday, November 9. Gatchalian, in filing Senate Bill No. 822 said it is imperative to...
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, disclosed that several Filipino fishermen are still enduring the destruction that tropical cyclone Paeng left. Paeng, the country’s 16th tropical cyclone in 2022 and the fourth in the month of...
In an open letter to the Philippine delegates to the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, various civil society organizations in the country recommended the inclusion of Agroecology on the agenda to address the ongoing...
Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar wants the month of November to be proclaimed as the “Buy Pinoy, Build Pinoy” month to rally support for local micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Facebook) For this...
This pastry store celebrates 40 years of baking success Everyone generally likes carbohydrates, the sugar molecule releases the “happy” chemical in our brains—serotonin. Filipinos, especially, are carb-loving people. Ours is a nation that enjoys rice, noodles, and bread. Although a...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos cited the contribution of Filipino migrants in spreading the Catholic faith around the world. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (Manila Bulletin file) Bishop Santos, who is currently in Bangkok, Thailand to attend the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference until October...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Sunday, Oct. 23, urged the administration to appoint a competent agriculture secretary, reiterating the need to strengthen the Philippine agricultural sector. “It is obvious that the President cannot fulfill his task as the agriculture...
