The House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 2 passed on third and final reading a bill ensuring the permanent validity of certificates of live birth, death and marriage in order to unburden citizens of the inconveniences and the unnecessary expenses of securing said certificates. Voting 199 in...
Samantha Catantan, right, with Philippine fencing team coach Amat Canlas during the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Photo from Amat Canlas) Filipino fencing star Samantha Catantan is set to arrive from the US this month to compete in the national team tryout on July 3...
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Social Watch Philippines (SWP) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in a bid to shift to high gear the two parties’ "aggressive” campaign for a smoke-free Philippines. (Photo from DepEd) The signing of MOA on May 31, Monday, marked the full...
Local share prices rallied due to favorable developments at home and overseas. The PSEi surged 214.26 points or 3.23 percent to close at 6,841.69 as share prices rose across the board with the Property and Holding Firms counters leading the charge. A hefty 1.9 billion shares worth P9.51 billion...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) reported that growth of online stock market accounts continued to outpace its traditional counterpart for the third consecutive year. Online accounts now have the lion’s share of 67.0 percent of total stock market accounts in 2020 after increasing by 19.7...
A United Arab Emirates-based group of high-profile entrepreneurs has pledged 10 full scholarship grants to deserving Filipino students in the UAE citing, among others, the “talent, competence and capabilities” being shown by Filipinos. Philippine Ambassador Hyayceelyn Quintana and Dr. Raphael...
Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC), concessionaire of Manila-Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX), along with Joint Venture (JV) partner, the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), have completed a P78 million heavy maintenance project on critical portions of the expressway. Starting this February,...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, June 2 said the Supreme Court itself has ruled that records of the bloody anti-drug war campaign do not have any national security implications. Thus, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is duty bound to disclose its records and follow the SC...
Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez agreed that China is being the "biggest bully" to the Philippines with its incursions in the West Philippine Sea, but said the two countries should keep their cordial relationship. Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez (House of...
Not all the country's policemen are rotten, Malacañang insisted Tuesday after the video showing a woman being shot dead by a cop in Quezon City went viral online. An incensed PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar confronts PM/Sgt. Hensie Zinampan at Camp Karingal in Quezon City on June 1, 2021....
The karatedo national team, led by Karate Pilipinas Sports Federation, Inc. president Richard Lim, fifth from right, visits Consul General Arvin de Leon, fifth from left, at the Philippine Consulate in Turkey last week prior to their departure for Paris, France for Olympic Qualifying Tournament on...
The P.3 variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first found in the Philippines, has been named "Theta" by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) announced on Tuesday, June 1. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) On Monday, WHO announced that it will be using Greek...
