Filipinos emerged as least interested in a hybrid or electric vehicle (EVs) among its Southeast Asian peers due to the lack of charging facilities, according to a study. Based on Deloitte’s 2023 Global Automotive Consumer Study, which focuses on consumer engine type preference for their next...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Nearly half of the country's healthcare workers are job order (JO) employees. Thus, bared Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire Thursday, May 4 during the House Committee on Appropriations' oversight hearing on the agency's budget...
Progressive groups called on the national government to grant “much-needed” production subsidies for small scale farmers and fishers amid the looming El Niño. (Unsplash) For peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), it is “high time” for the Department of Agriculture to grant...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 3, shared her delight upon learning from visiting Japanese Minister for Health, Labour, and Welfare Katsunobu Kato that more jobs await Filipino workers there. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and Japanese Minister for...
United States (Unsplash) The hiring of some 75,000 Filipino seafarers by American firms "highlights the strong partnership between the Philippines and the United States (US)". Thus, said Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo, who hailed the "momentous occasion" in a statement on Wednesday, May 3. "I am...
WASHINGTON, D.C.— American firms are set to hire some 75,000 Filipino seafarers in the next three to four years. During a meeting with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., John Padget, president and CEO of Carnival Corp., said his group of companies will employ Filipino seafarers. He praised...
A farmer-led organization on Tuesday, May 2, called on the national government to protect the rights of small-scale farmers and support organic farming. Filipino farmer (Unsplash) “We call on the national government and the local government units (LGU) to listen to the small farmers and support...
In celebration of the National Heritage Month with the theme “Heritage: Change and Continuity,” the Filipino Heritage Festival Incorporated (FHFI) together with the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) have officially launched the 4th FHFI Essay Writing Contest—Youth...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Filipinos in the United States have been acknowledged by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. as "valued members" of American society. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets with the Filipino community in Washington D.C. on Monday, May 1, 2023. (KJ Rosales/PPA...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has assured Filipino workers that his administration is working hard to provide them with more opportunities to uplift their families' living conditions as he paid tribute to them on Labor Day. *President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo)*...
WASHINGTON, DC, USA—President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has urged China to finally sit down with the Philippines and talk about the Filipino fishers' natural fishing grounds. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos said in an interview en route to...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Sunday, April 30 called on the government to thoroughly study the measures that seek to determine the reasonable living wage for the country’s workers. Villanueva made the call ahead of the nation’s Labor Day activities on Monday, May 1. ...
