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Around 600 demonstrators from various groups gathered at Mendiola, Manila on Friday afternoon, Dec. 29, urging the national government to stop the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) phaseout. Photo from Noel Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN The Manila Police District (MPD) said the rallyists gathered to express their opposition to the Dec. 31 compulsory …

CEBU CITY – Hundreds of families benefited from an outreach program marking the 46th birth anniversary of Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado on Friday, December 29. SENIOR citizens avail themselves of free medical checkup during an outreach program in Tintinan Island, Ubay, Bohol. (Calvin D. Cordova) The outreach program in Tintinan …

OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Courtesy of RTVM livestream) The year 2023 is a “banner year” for the Philippine peace process which the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) believes is a testament to the current administration’s “unwavering commitment” to realizing its peace agenda for …

Vice President Sara Duterte has visited Pangasinan to bring a “message of love, hope and peace.” Duterte went to the municipalities of Binalonan and Urdaneta not only to distribute gift packs to farmers, persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), among others, but also to delivercc …

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The Isabela Provincial Health Office recorded five firecracker-related injuries in the province as of December 30. Provincial Health Education and Promotion Officer Arlene Martinez said the town of Roxas has two, this city, two, and the municipality of Alicia, one. A REMINDER from the DOH to …

CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A 65-year-old fisherman was gunned down in Sitio Ermita East, Barangay San Sebastian, San Vicente, this province, on Thursday, December 28. MAP of Ilocos Sur with the municipality of San Vicente highlighted. Police identified the victim as Ciriaco Realon of Barangay San Sebastian. …

As only 1 in 3 jeeps in NCR meet consolidation deadline Two in three jeepneys in Metro Manila have yet to consolidate into cooperatives before today’s deadline, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said even as the government downplayed the possibility of a transport crisis. “In major thoroughfares in …

REMEMBERING PEPE. President Marcos (inset) leads the flag raising ceremony to mark the 127th martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal at the Luneta Park in Manila on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. The national hero, who went by the nickname Pepe, was only 35 year old when he was shot to death …

SIMULATED INJURY. Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa demonstrates how a patient of a firecracker-related injury will be treated at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Santa Cruz, Manila, on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. Norman Cruz The number of firecracker-related injuries soared to 107, the Department of Health said on Saturday, …

The implementation of the “No Registration, No Travel” policy will be strictly implemented after the holiday break, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced on Friday, Dec. 29. In a statement, LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II warned delinquent motor vehicle owners of the strict implementation of the policy …