Original copy of January 31, 1925 issue. The maiden issue of the Daily Bulletin in 1900 is now in the US Library of Congress.

• 1900
On February 2, 1900 the then Daily Bulletin established by Carson C. Taylor published its first issue with editor H.G. Farris at the helm.

• 1901
Manila Daily Bulletin opened its own plant for printing, which was previously done by El Progreso at No. 10 Carriedo.

• 1904
After establishing its audience, The Manila Daily Bulletin’s four paged 10”x12” publication was put on a subscription basis

• 1906
The Daily Bulletin changed its name to the Manila Daily Bulletin.

• 1912
On June 12, 1912 the Manila Daily Bulletin was incorporated into the Bulletin Publishing Company with Carson Taylor retaining 75% of the stock and the rest taken up by employees.

• 1942
On January 2, 1942, at the height of World War II, the Manila Daily Bulletin was forced to shut down operations by Japanese officials.

• 1945
During the Battle of Manila, the Manila Daily Bulletin offices and plant were completely destroyed, wiping-out all pre-war files.

• 1946
Publication resumed after the war under then editor Ford Wilkins and Advertising Director Hal Linn. With assistance from Roces Publication owner, Don Ramon Roces, the Manila Daily Bulletin made a successful come back as the “exponent of Philippine progress.”

• 1956
The Manila Daily Bulletin plant and offices transferred to the Shurdut Building in Intramuros after being housed at Florentino Torres St. after the Battle of Liberation.

• 1957
The Manila Daily Bulletin Publishing Company was sold to Menzi & Co., Inc. handing over publishing responsibilities to Filipino industrialist Brig. Gen. H.M. Menzi. With Menzi as publisher, the Manila Daily Bulletin introduced special human interest features as part of the daily reading of the newspaper.

• 1961
In 1961, Dr. Emilio T. Yap was unanimously elected director and vice-chairman.

• 1965
In order to maximize readership benefits the Manila Daily Bulletin started printing Sunday issue as opposed to the original 6 day per week publication.

• 1968
The need to further upgrade the Sunday issue of the Manila Daily Bulletin gave birth to the PANORAMA Sunday Magazine.

• 1970
The PANORAMA Sunday Magazine flourished as resources from the dropped Sunday colored comics were channeled to the weekend magazine.

• 1971
Asia Research Organization pointed out, in an independent survey, the Manila Daily Bulletin as the “most reliable and unbiased newspaper” in the Philippines at the time.

• 1972
The year witnessed Proclamation 1081 place the country under Martial Law which resulted to the closure of majority of publications throughout the Philippines. The Manila Daily Bulletin was shut down for two months and re-opened as the “Bulletin Today.”

• 1977
The Bulletin Today plant and offices moved to its current lot bounded by Muralla, Recoletos, and Cabildo streets in Intramuros.

• 1980
The management started a five year plan to upgrade printing facilities. They did this by acquiring new line presses, mechanize counting, stacking and bundling of copies and convert to a semi-offset printing process.

• 1981
The Bulletin Today adapted the cold type conversion from hot metal to compensate for the lack of letterpress equipment needs. The process involved computers as the central processing units thus making the Bulletin “online.”

• 1986
On March 12, 1986 the Bulletin Today finally changed its name to what it is now The Manila Bulletin.

• 1990
On April 18,1990, Manila Bulletin was officially listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange. To date, it is the only major daily that is listed in the bourse.

• 1993
On February 2, 1993, Manila Bulletin became the first in the Philippines to have a fully computerized pre-printing Facilities.

• 1994
In January of 1994, Manila Bulletin online was launched as the first ever website dedicated to serving news from the Philippines.

• 1995
The September 11, 1995 issue of the Manila Bulletin published its first fully colored front page.

• 1999
New state of the art printing press machine was acquired.

• 2000
On February 2, 2000, the Manila Bulletin celebrated its centennial year. On June 23, 2000 it became the first local online newspaper to enable mobile internet service.

• 2009
January of 2009 saw the launching of a redesigned Manila Bulletin website that utilizes current advancement in website technologies that provides wider interaction for the readers. In the same year, the Manila Bulletin launched its e-paper.