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Iloilo regulates sale of flowers

By Tara Yap Iloilo City – City Hall is regulating the sale of flowers for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. In an executive…

30 Oct 2017 - 10:00 pm
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Lawyers from Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) Jose Manuel Diokno and Felix Mariñas show copies of the petitions they filed before the Supreme Court seeking the declaration of government's war on drugs as unconstitutional, October 11, 2017. (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN)

SC asked to stop drug drive

By Rey Panaligan The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday was asked to declare as “patently illegal and grossly unconstitutional” the government’s all-out drive against illegal…

11 Oct 2017 - 4:43 pm
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President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he gives his message during the oath taking ceremony of the newly elected officers of PNPA Alumni at the Malacañan Palace on Wednesday. (JAY GANZON / MANILA BULLETIN)

Duterte issues order reconstituting membership of LWUA board

By Genalyn Kabiling President Duterte has issued Executive Order 41 reconstituting the membership of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) board to facilitate “greater efficiency.”…

25 Sep 2017 - 12:31 pm
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Palace: Smoking ban a step closer to tobacco-free future

By Argyll Cyrus Geducos Malacañang on Sunday said the implementation of Executive Order No. 26 (EO 26) or the Nationwide Smoking Ban signals…

23 Jul 2017 - 5:07 pm
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Smoking ban now in effect all over the nation

A nationwide smoking ban goes into effect today with President Duterte’s Executive Order 26. The Philippines is now one of 111 countries around the world…

23 Jul 2017 - 12:05 am
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BOCAUE GIVES BACK THE FIREWORKS TO ITS PEOPLE. Bocaue, the fireworks capital of the Philippines, launched Jan 1 its very own pyromusical exhibition called "Pailaw Pasasalamat 2017" by the 12-kilometer Bocaue River in Bulacan. With thousands of Bocauenos engaged in the fireworks trade as their main source of livelihood, the people of Bocaue are kept busy 365 days in a year that they could not even watch and enjoy their own creation on New Year's eve. Members of the nationwide group Philippine Pyrotechnics Manufacturers and Dealers Inc have linked up with Bocaue Mayor Joni Villanueva with the aim of starting a tradition as a way of welcoming each new year and giving back to the Bocauenos the fruit of their fledgling fireworks industry. (photo by ali vicoy)

Duterte signs EO regulating the use of firecrackers, pyrotechnics

By Argyll Cyrus Geducos President Duterte has signed Executive Order (EO) No. 28 which provides for the regulation and control of the use of firecrackers…