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Photo Credit: TimesKuwait Reacting to lawmakers’ call for a total deployment ban to Kuwait, Mr. Marcos expressed opposition to the idea, saying he does not want to “burn any bridges” with the Arab nation. “Well, will we impose a ban? Me, I’m never very comfortable to impose a ban because …

SEA ASSET President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. boards one of two new gunboats the Philippines has acquired from Israel and which, among others, will be part of naval patrol operations in the West Philippine Sea. Marcos commissioned the BRP Gener Tinangag and BRP Domingo Deluana on Friday, May 26, 2023, the …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said he is not keen on imposing a total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait. Marcos was responding to calls for the Philippines to impose such a ban after the Gulf state stopped issuing new entry visas to Filipinos. “I’m never …

Survey says most Filipino workers find it hard to land a job nowadays. The Social Weather Station (SWS) survey during the first quarter of the year showed that 69 percent of adult Filipinos are having difficulty looking for jobs these days. The SWS study indicated that only 11 percent said …

At a Glance P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon’s tweets show that she is upset with the Marcos administration’s plan to implement a food stamps program as a way to address the hunger problem. Rowena Guanzon (MANILA BULLETIN) P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon is upset with the Marcos administration’s intention of …

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Some Mindanao-based groups of LGBTQ people and school-based organizations called on the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) here to resolve an issue on alleged gender discrimination involving a student. The university found itself dragged in a controversy following a video showing …

STAYING IN STEP. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. walks with Philippine Navy officers and some Cabinet members as they attend its 125th anniversary celebration and commissioning of patrol gun boats at the PN headquarters on Roxas Boulevard on Friday. Rolando Mailo  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday that his …

At a Glance Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman says the government still has some P18.3 billion in calamity funds that can be used for various disaster relief operations. Pangandaman says identified frontline government agencies may also mobilize their Quick Response Fund (QRF) allocated in their respective budgets. Further, after the typhoon, …

SUPER typhoon “”Mawar (local name Betty) slightly weakened as it continued to approach the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau reported late Friday night. As of 10 p.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the center of the eye of Mawar was estimated …

Cagayan, Batanes brace for ‘Betty,’ typhoon in PAR until Wednesday READY FOR ‘BETTY’. A fishermen in Parañaque City lashes his boat to a bamboo raft to prepare for the coming of Super Typhoon Mawar or Betty, which showed a fearsome eye in photographs by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center on …