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Sebastian Duterte withdraws reelection bid as Vice Mayor of Davao City – #BotongPinoy2022
Presidential son Sebastian “Baste” Duterte has withdrawn his candidacy for reelection as Vice Mayor of Davao City Tuesday afternoon (November 9). His surprise move happened with six days left to go before the […]
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Presidential bid looms as Sara Duterte withdraws reelection bid for Mayor of Davao City – #BotongPinoy2022
Presidential daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio has withdrawn her candidacy for reelection as Mayor of Davao City Tuesday afternoon (November 9). She has also endorsed her younger brother, current Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte to […]
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Robredo camp refutes convicted libeler’s claim of paying off caravan participants – #BotongPinoy2022
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has strongly denied the claim that it paid P100 to participants of the nationwide caravan held last October 23 in support of her and her […]
Department of Education / news
Government employees to receive year-end bonus starting 15 November 2021
Government employees will be receiving their yearend bonus for 2021 beginning November 15, Monday. The full yearend bonus is equivalent to a state worker’s one month basic pay. The annual giving of […]
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Leni Robredo joins presidential race – #BotongPinoy2022
Vice President Maria Leonora “Leni” Robredo is joining the 2022 presidential race. Robredo made the announcement during a press conference held in her official resident in Quezon City Thursday morning. She made […]
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Are the Dutertes bowing out of national politics? Wait until November 15 – #BotongPinoy2022
President Rodrigo Duterte stunned the political world Saturday afternoon (October 2) when he announced that he will be retiring from politics despite his earlier pronouncements that he is running for Vice President. […]
#EarthquakePH – Magnitude 5.7 quake jolts parts of Luzon, Metro Manila
A strong earthquake with a magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolted parts of Luzon including early Monday morning (September 27). The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported that Looc, Occidental Mindoro (coordinates […]
COVID-19 in the Philippines / Department of Education / news
DepEd: Still no face-to-face classes for school year 2021-2022
The Department of Education (DepEd) has released the official calendar for school year 2021-2022 which will run from September 13, 2021 up to June 24, 2022. This was outlined in DepEd Secretary […]
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The Filipino Scribe honors the late former President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III
Last August 2, Filipinos marked the 40th day since the passing of the late former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. He died at the age of 61 last June 24 due to […]
SK KAGAWAD PA? – Kathleen Joy Poblete is not currently enrolled with us, says Cavite State University
The Cavite State University (CSU) has spoken out about on the issue of Kathleen Joy Poblete, the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) kagawad from Dasmariñas City, Cavite who was busted by the University of […]
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The debate over wearing face shields and our evolving understanding of COVID-19
Starting today, November 16, the use of face shields will no longer be required in areas placed under alert levels 3, 2, and 1 in relation to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. President […]
#WalangPasok – December 8 2021 declared a special non-working holiday nationwide
Roman Catholics around the world will be celebrating the annual Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary this coming December 8, Wednesday. The said day is a special non-working holiday […]
Is Rodrigo Duterte about to screw over Bongbong Marcos just like in 2016? – #BotongPinoy2022
With just weeks left before the 2016 national elections, then-Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. was already able to establish a small-but-significant lead over then-Congresswoman Maria Leonora “Leni” Robredo of Camarines Sur in […]
#WalangPasok – November 12 2021 declared holiday in Valenzuela City
Valenzuela City will be celebrating its 398th foundation anniversary this November 12. The day has been declared a special non-working holiday in the city through President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation 1240. The holiday […]