Vice President Leni Robredo bared some interesting tidbits about herself as she took on the fast talk challenge during “The Jessica Soho Presidential Interviews” on Saturday, Jan. 22. (The Jessica Soho Presidential Interviews) Under the challenge, a series of questions is hurled at the...
La Union Governor, Francisco Emmanuel ‘Pacoy’ Ortega III (right), welcomes Pitmaster Executive Director, Atty. Caroline M. Cruz, as the province received one ambulance and 3,000 food packs for the families affected by Typhoon Maring, from Pitmaster Cares Foundation. Pitmaster Foundation,...
Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies chair Senator Grace Poe on Sunday urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to dig deeper into the online banking hacking incident that hounded BDO account holders, saying such incident need to stop in the face of the growing...
The Department of Agriculture's (DA) Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), the largest World Bank-funded project in the country, has been extended up to July 2025 and has received additional foreign funds of about P16 billion. In a statement, DA said the project got additional funding came...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on Saturday, Dec. 4, decried the cyber libel complaints filed by Department of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and businessman Dennis Uy against 18 officials and reporters of seven news outlets who published articles about a graft suit filed...
Various students' groups penned an open letter to the national government, calling for weekly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing instead of mandatory vaccination of students who will participate in limited face-to-face classes. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) The open letter, drafted by the...
Experts said the Philippines' trade relations with the European Union (EU) is crucial as it navigates the challenges of recovering economically from the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo courtesy of the European Union in the Philippines Facebook Page) During the Pilipinas Conference 2021 on Nov. 23, Dr....
The European Union (EU) and Canada have joined the chorus of opposition to China's aggressive stance in Ayungin Shoal, wherein three Chinese Coast Guard vessels blocked and water cannoned Philippine boats on a supply mission. China Coast Guard (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Both EU and Canada...
A total of 1,400 families Municipality of Sultan Dumalongdong, Lanao del Sur received cash assistance as part of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) as part of its Multipurpose Cash Grant (MPCG), the organization said on Thursday, Nov. 18. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of a 204-meter road project that will reduce half of the travel time for farmers between two Barangays of Apatut and Nagsabaran in the town of Balaoan in La Union. DPWH Secretary Roger Mercado said that the project...
The target to achieve herd immunity through a nationwide ramped-up coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination process may hit a snag with the failure to deliver the adequate number of syringes in some provinces. In a news briefing on Saturday, Nov. 13, Union of Local Authorities of the...
European Union (EU) Ambassador Luc Véron will visit the EU development and humanitarian projects and engage with local interlocutors in Central and Northern Mindanao from November 15 to 19. The European Union flag (Photo by Christian Lue/ Unsplash) In a statement, Véron said that his visit is a...