The Quezon City (QC) government announced on Saturday, May 7, that a total of 4,920 elderlies in the city registered to its free maintenance medicine program since it resumed last April 5. Through the QC Senior Citizen Maintenance Medicine Program, elderly residents are given free maintenance...
The Light Rail Transit Authority announced Saturday, May 7, that LRT-2 will provide free rides to Persons with Disabilities (PWD) during the National Election on May 9, 2022. The free ride is one of the proposed measures of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) through its Task Force on...
Parañaque City City Mayor Edwin Olivarez has declared 15 barangays in the city as drug free and that only one community in the city remains to have a drug problem. Olivarez made the announcement during the Monday regular flag raising ceremony held at the City Hall quadrangle and hosted by the...
Senator Leila de Lima has called on other individuals behind the drug allegations thrown at her in the past to come forward and "expose what they know" after self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa took back his drug allegations against her. Senator Leila de Lima (Photo courtesy of Leila de Lima...
Educating the public on election-related concerns should be the focus of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), not warnings, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said on Tuesday, April 26. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) "There are election laws and processes in place to...
The Philippines is now opening its doors to Israelis without a visa, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday, April 25. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN “We are delighted to once again welcome our Israeli friends to our country, just in time for the summer!" Philippine Ambassador to Israel...
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No tropical cyclone is expected to develop near or inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) in the next three days, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Saturday, April 16. (Screengrab / PAGASA YouTube Page) “For the next...
Senatorial candidate Joseph Victor “JV’ Ejercito said he is glad to have fulfilled two of his advocacies on youth development with the passage of the Free Education Law and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Law when he was a senator. “At least for my youth advocacies, I guess I have...
Generally fair weather is expected to prevail across the Philippines in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Friday, April 15. (Screengrab / PAGASA YouTube Page) Typhoon Malakas, formerly “Basyang,” continues to...
The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has urged Filipinos to help guard the election process by being an election observer in the May 2022 polls. Namfrel FB In a statement on Monday, April 11, the poll watchdog group said it is their belief that all voters can be citizen...
A one-time free Covid-19 test is accessible for newly-hired workers who need to submit a negative RT-PCT test result as their pre-employment requirement, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Friday, April 8. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that the agency had allotted...
