If Vice President Leni Robredo is angry at former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and apprehensive of his family’s possible return to power, it’s because of the way the Marcoses looted the country’s coffers during the Martial Law years. Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice...
More than 200 diplomatic notes were so far filed by the Philippine government against China since 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed Thursday, Oct. 21. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) drove away seven more foreign fishing vessels believed to be manned by Chinese and Vietnamese...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has protested China's latest "provocative acts" against Philippine authorities patrolling the country's waters. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) increased its presence in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to assert the country’s territory in...
While hardly two days old, Vice President Leni Robredo's push toward Malacañang in 2022 has been awash with pink. and conspicuously devoid of yellow. PINK GLOW--Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan bump fists during a press conference on Oct. 8, 2021 (Photo from OVP) This may...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to protest China’s latest alarming activities in the West Philippine Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (DFA) Locsin’s order came a day after Muntinlupa Representative Rozzano...
Malacañang assured health care workers that their other benefits mandated by law will be given to them but noted that the issue with their special risk allowance (SRA) was already a case closed. Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPEs) from different public and private hospitals...
"Enough is enough." Healthcare workers staged a protest action outside the Department of Health (DOH) Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, Sept. 1, to press them to release their long delayed benefits. Clad in their personal protective equipment while holding placards and empty cans, healthcare...
Activists and action leaders are making a political statement through fashion It looks like effigies and banners aren't enough this time as activists and action leaders are using fashion as an avenue to rebel. They have turned the traditional barong and terno into "protest outfits" and wear them...
There is no stopping the country’s teachers from marching alongside many sectors this Monday, July 26, to express dismay over President Duterte’s “empty” promises and programs and policies that resulted in the suffering of the country’s education sector. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The...
Critics of the Duterte administration are set to conduct rallies in different parts of Metro Manila on and before Monday as the President delivers his 6th and last State of the Nation Address (SONA). Various groups will hold activities, collectively called "wakaSONA" activities, starting Friday,...
Filipinos in Myanmar are advised to refrain from participating in the ongoing protests for their own safety, an envoy said Wednesday. In this file photo taken on March 3, 2021, a protester uses a fire extinguisher as others holding homemade shields run during a demonstration against the military...
The Filipino - American community appealed to the Los Angeles (LA) City Council to intervene in LAWA (Los Angeles Worlds Airport)'s move to transfer the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Gates from the main terminal of LA International Airport (LAX) to the Midfield Satellite Concourse, at least 20 minutes...
