MANILA – Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson reiterated the call for the immediate suspension of excise taxes on fuel products, even on a temporary basis, as another big-time oil price hike looms this week.... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he is not bent on endorsing any presidential candidate for the May 9, 2022 elections.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday said it is mulling the options of either suspending overseas voting or even declaring a failure of elections in Afghanistan and Ukraine.... Read full article
MANILA –Senator Manny Pacquiao badly wanted to join the press conference with his three fellow presidential candidates on Sunday but air traffic, which his camp called a “divine intervention”, prevented him from doing so.... Read full article
MANILA – Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night enjoined Filipinos to “come to terms” with the results of the May 9 polls, noting that incoming leaders including President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. would need their cooperation... Read full article
MANILA – An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Tuesday he wants an investigation on the incident in Singapore where an overseas voter was given a spoiled ballot.... Read full article
Based on Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 11198, the honoraria for the chairpersons and members are PHP12,000 and PHP11,000, respectively.... Read full article
MANILA – The military will further intensify its operations against communists and local terrorist groups to ensure orderly and peaceful polls on May 9.... Read full article
MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the legality of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s candidacy with the tribunal dismissing on Tuesday the petitions which sought his disqualification.... Read full article
MANILA – The Supreme Court en banc on Tuesday handed down a temporary restraining order against the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) “Operation Baklas” which cracked down on supposed illegal election materials even on private premises.
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