The 2022 national and local elections could be the "most serious and important" in the country's recent history due to the problems brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. Senator Panfilo Lacson (Czar Dancel/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Lacson pointed this out as he...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque At the end of the month, President Duterte will deliver his last State of the Nation Address (SONA). I still remember watching it on television last year as if it were yesterday – a very different SONA from what we were accustomed to given the pandemic...
More than 3 million people have become fully vaccinated since the government started its free inoculation drive last March. A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque...
Iloilo Representative Janette Garin refuted the claim of vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. that she was demanding for vaccine allocation from the government for her and her province. Former Department of Health secretary and incumbent Iloilo Representative Janette Garin (John Jerome...
Even after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the country’s vulnerable sectors can expect the government’s continued implementation of its social protection services, such as the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Department of Social...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday said the public should keep tabs on the Duterte administration’s “debt spree” as the Philippines reached a high record of P11-trillion in borrowings. “With a record-breaking P11.07-trillion in debt, the Duterte administraiton continues to be on...
The national government will continue to enforce quarantine restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic until at least 50 percent of the country's more than 100 million population is vaccinated. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana attends a pre-SONA forum on July 7, 2021 ahead of...
A proposed "micro-herd immunity" in malls and other workplaces will be discussed by the private sector with the national government this week. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila resident during the inoculation drive held at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila...
More than 40,000 military and civilian personnel of the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Lorenzana said a total of 40,059 DND...
Publicly listed telecom, media, and tech firm Now Corporation has increased its stake in affiliate, Now Telecom Company Inc., (NTCI), to prepare for the global post-pandemic turnaround . images.jpeg-10 State regulators extended NTCI's franchise for another 25 years beginning 2018 and renewed its...
Partylist lawmakers have proposed a congressional inquiry into the failure of government to spend Bayanihan 2 funds notwitstanding the urgency of the implementation of programs to be financed by the allocation. Deputy Speaker Eddie Villanueva and fellow CIBAC Partylist Rep. Domeng Rivera filed...
At least ₱10.4 billion of social amelioration funds have not been distributed to its rightful beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao alleged on Saturday, July 3, as he tagged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in corruption. Boxing...
