Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri bared Monday, July 26, that he has also accepted the invitation of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte's Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) to be one of the regional party's senatorial bets for the 2022 elections. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Monday, July 26, downplayed the alleged plan to have him ousted as his colleagues have already assured him of their continued support for his leadership. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III leads on July 26, 2021 the opening of the third regular...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the local government units (LGus) have so far provided more than P3.87-million worth of relief assistance to the families affected by flooding caused by monsoon rains and enhanced by typhoon “Fabian”. (DSWD-DROMIC Facebook page) The...
The leadership of the House of Representatives intends to approve the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 when political season starts to heat up which will be at the last day of the filing of the certificates of candidacies (COCs) in October, 2021....
President Duterte asked local government units (LGUs) to come up with a "more sane" method in vaccinating their constituents during rainy days as he noted they let the people queue in the flood for their anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) shot. President Duterte tells local government units (LGUs) to be...
Leaders of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) have started talks in preparation for the 2022 national and local elections. (Seated, from left) Former House Speaker and Davao de Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senator Panfilo...
Former Vice President Jejomar "Jojo" Binay will be joining next year's senatorial race, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Saturday, July 24. Former Vice President Jejomar 'Jojo' Binay (Jojo Binay Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) Sotto told reporters that he and Binay were in talks about...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said three of the local Delta variant cases that were recently detected have addresses in the cities of Pasig and Taguig. Two cases were found in Pasig, while one was detected in Taguig, said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. These cases were among the...
People form a line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin/File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that the country’s Delta variant situation will not progress to “community transmission.” DOH Undersecretary Maria...
NO PHYSICAL DISTANCING -- Dozens of people gather sans minimum physical distancing in front of Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) building on Cabaguio Ave., Davao City. Health authorities have attributed the surge of COVID-19 cases in the region to complacency. (Keith Bacongco/MB/ FILE PHOTO)...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has assured that he and his colleagues will not abandon their duties in the upper chamber when campaigns for the 2022 national and local elections have started. Senate of the Philippines (Senate PRIB) Sotto was asked in an online press briefing on Thursday, July...
Even as he worked in the entertainment industry before entering politics, Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III agrees that election campaigns should be focused on issues gripping the Philippines, and not on entertaining the crowd. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA...
