Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, Nov. 9 rallied support for the upcoming joint initiative between the government and private sector’s drive to administer at least five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines over a three-day period, urging people to “be a...
Re-electionist Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged the government to make sure that a majority of the population would get vaccinated against COVID-19 before Christmas. Hontiveros made the call as she expressed her support to the government and private sector’s initiative to conduct a...
Verbal tussles continue to rage on around various social media platforms with the May 2022 elections nearing and one of the many topics or issues being raised online is why is it that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not doing anything about premature campaigning? Posters, tarpaulins,...
The city government of Manila launched on Monday, Nov. 8, the Child Protection Handbook in line with the celebration of 29th National Children's Month. (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan led the launching and were...
Banks pressed for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans as the government mulls borrowing from small investors before the end of the year through the sale of retail Treasury bonds (RTB). At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Nov. 8, the bellwether 91-day T-bill...
National Scientist Dr. Gavino Trono will be honored during the 9th National Symposium and Scientific Meeting of the Philippine Phycological Society, Inc. (PPSI) on Nov. 12 to 13. National Scientist Dr. Gavino Trono Jr. (Batangas State University/DOST Calabarzon) The virtual symposium is jointly...
Some senators on Monday, Nov. 8 expressed readiness to tackle the amendments to the proposed P5-trillion national budget. Senator Sonny Angara, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, said the many of the committee report amendments are focused on boosting the government’s COVID-19 response,...
The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) welcomed the decision of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to withdraw its latest order on new labelling requirements for imported meat. 43979 In a letter to DA, PAMPI thanked DA Secretary William Dar for his decision to order the...
Around 47 million doses of vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are currently stored in government storage facilities and are yet to be administered, an adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said Sunday, Nov. 7. Airport personnel unload 866,970 doses of Pfizer COVID-19...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has affirmed its commitment to work with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). During the 1st BARMM Planner's Congress, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said NEDA will continue supporting the BARMM...
The Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., from the presidential race, citing his 1995 conviction for tax evasion. Bongbong Marcos Jr. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) On Nov. 2, Task Force Detainees of PH,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is eyeing to implement a "no vaccine, no subsidy" policy for recipients Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in order to compel more people to get inoculated. This after the DILG found out that many 4Ps recipients still...
