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Official announcements will come from official BGC and Bonifacio High Street social media accounts Bonifacio Global City (BGC) has issued an official statement regarding a social media post that has been circulating online about the reopening of MotoStreat, a motorcycle community area in Bonifacio High Street. The Facebook page above is not …

Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Jose Art Tugade resigned Monday, citing differences with his boss, Transport Secretary Jaime J. Bautista. “Even as DOTR and LTO both aim to succeed in serving the public, our methods to achieve that success differ. For this reason, I am stepping down, so Secretary Jimmy …

PBGen Andre Perez Dizon, Manila Police District director, shows his men his courtesy resignation on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Dizon heeded the call of Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. for police officials to step down to cleanse the Philippine National Police of scalawags ‘infecting’ the government’s war on drugs. …

Five firefighters were hurt in a fire that hit and destroyed the decades-old Manila Central Post Office in Lawton, Manila Sunday night, May 22. Photo courtesy of BFP/ MANILA BULLETIN According to the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP), injured were Joel Libutan, 36, Carlo Abrenica, 24, Julio Erlanda, 43, …

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has rescued 149 children from a private orphanage in Quezon City, which it shut down following a complaint that it allegedly violated a law against child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination. At a Palace press briefing on Tuesday, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian …

A huge fire destroyed the historic post office in Manila late Sunday night, causing an estimated P300 million in damage. More than 80 fire trucks were sent to the decades-old landmark after the blaze broke out, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. Thick, black smoke billowed hundreds of meters …

At a Glance The lower chamber unanimously approves the proposed “Expanded Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act”, which seeks to define electronic or online violence against women and their children. The bill amends Republic Act (RA) No. 9262, also known as the “Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act …

Says destabilization must be ‘nipped in the bud’ File photo shows Speaker Martin Romualdez presiding over a plenary session of the House of Representatives in March.  Speaker Martin Romualdez on Sunday assured the public that the “House of the People is in order” as he underscored the need to “nip …

EU-ASEAN Business Council executive director Chris Humphrey (File photo) MANILA – European businesses call for the resumption of negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Philippines for a free trade agreement (FTA). In a press conference in Makati City Monday, EU-ASEAN Business Council (ABC) executive director Chris Humphrey said it is …

Citing the need to improve preservation and protection measures for the country’s cultural properties, Senator Robinhood “Robin” C. Padilla on Monday, May 22, sought a Senate probe into the fire that razed the Manila Central Post Office today. Padilla filed Senate Resolution 627 directing the appropriate Senate committee to handle …