President Rodrigo Duterte declares Nov 13 to 15 special non-working days in Metro Manila, Pampanga, and Bulacan. This is due to the scheduled 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. Earlier this month, 17 Metro Manila mayors announced the suspension of classes in both public and private schools on Nov 16 and 17. This is also to give way …

Government offices and public schools will have no work and no classes respectively on Sep. 21, after President Rodrigo Duterte declares it as a National Day of Protest. That day marks the day when former President Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law 45 years ago. According to an Inquirer report, Presidential Spokeperson Ernesto Abella made the announcement during a Palace briefing …

Sept 1 is a regular holiday as declared by the Malacañang Palace in observance of Eid’l Adha or Feast of Sacrifice. President Rodrigo Duterte made the announcement as he signed Proclamation 297 upon the recommendation of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos. Just after a long weekend of Aug 26 to Aug 28 due to National Heroes Day, another long weekend …

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered that Negros Island Region be dissolved, as he signed Executive Order 183. This order brings back Negros Occidental to the Western Visayas region (Region 6) and Negros Oriental to the Central Visayas region (Region 7). According to the Philippine Star, the new EO effectively reverses an earlier order by former President Benigno Aquino III creating …

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the bill on Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education into law on Aug. 3, a few days ahead of Aug. 5 when the bill would have lapsed into a law. The law provides for free tuition in all state universities and colleges, which Pres. Duterte promised to Filipinos during his first few months in office. According …

Say goodbye to paying crazy amounts of money just to browse Facebook or even browse your favorite websites. Thanks to Smart Telecoms and the government’s Free Wifi Project, Baguio residents will soon have free internet access in the city. With its partnership with PLDT, more and more areas in the City of Pines would become SmartSpots. What is a SmartSpot …

President Rodrigo Duterte is set to do his second State Of The Nation Address (SONA) at 4 p.m. on Monday, July 24. Just hours before his SONA, Filipino’s could not help but take to Twitter their thoughts about what they expect to hear. Naturally, there are those in favor of him and then there are those who didn’t really have the President’s vote …

President Rodrigo Duterte has just signed the Executive Order (EO) that bans smoking in public places in the Philippines. Here are three things you need to know or you must share if you are a smoker or if anyone you know is a smoker. As they say, ignorance is no excuse. On May 16, President Duterte signed Executive Order No. 26 …

It’s official. Sexy entertainer turned blogger Mocha Uson is the new assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operation Office (PCOO). Uson was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte and her appointment paper was released by Malacañang on Tuesday. People feel mixed emotions about it and couldn’t help but share a piece of their mind on Twitter. Now Assistant Secretary Margaux Justiniano Uson is …

TIME Magazine has released their 100 List of Most Influential People of the year. President Rodrigo Duterte, after topping the Readers’ Poll, made it to the list as one of the most influential leaders. His political nemesis, Senator Leila de Lima, also joins him on the list. Duterte’s inclusion in the list comes as no surprise because the leader topped …