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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) revealed on Wednesday, May 25 that several illegal online sabong operations were shut down while similar other websites are being thoroughly investigated.

While this year will be the first time that limited in-person graduation and end-of-school-year (ESOY) rites are allowed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded that the conduct of any related activity should remain “simple and dignified.”

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has suspended the transportation and accommodation assistance for returning Filipino workers effective June 1.

The social media-savvy Rose Beatrix “Trixie” Cruz-Angeles will be the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) chief of the incoming administration of presumptive president Bongbong Marcos.

The Angono Church in Rizal, the only Catholic parish church in the country dedicated to St. Clement, the Pope and Martyr, has been elevated to the status of a diocesan shrine.

The Archdiocese of Caceres in Naga has begun the two-year preparation to mark the centenary of the canonical coronation of the revered image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia.

Senator Imee Marcos, chairperson of the Senate economic affairs committee, has again criticized the Department of Agriculture (DA) for attempting to pull off a ‘’midnight deal” while the nation is focused on the official vote count for president and vice president in Congress.

No Filipinos in Sri Lanka have made a request for repatriation so far amid the ongoing economic crisis in the foreign country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

The Sandiganbayan has allowed the presentation of a witness, who had failed to attend previous hearings, to testify in the criminal charges filed against Quezon City Councilor Roderick M. Paulate and his driver and liaison officer, Vicente Bajamunde.

Officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, May 25, reminded schools as well as various stakeholders to ensure that the existing protocols are strictly complied with during the conduct of in-person end-of-school-year (EOSY) rites for the school year (SY) 2021-2022.

Armed men and flying voters who were supposedly sent to influence the special elections in Tubaran town in Lanao del Sur on Tuesday, May 24, were denied the opportunity to do so due to security planning and strategic deployment of soldiers and policemen, a top official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.

Because of the ongoing canvassing of the votes cast in the May 9, 2022 presidential and vice presidential elections, the hearing by the Commission on Appointments on the fitness of nominees to posts in the Commission on Audit (COA), Civil Service Commission (CSC), Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was reset for a later date.

Good news for MRT commuters.

If there was one thing that stood out for Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri during day one of the marathon canvassing, it’s the fact that House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez hardly stood up.

Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday criticized the lifting of the provincial ban on open-pit mining in South Cotabato, which would adversely affect the environment and the people in the community.

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to include Taiwan in its global pandemic response plan, pointing out that ignoring it would lead to a gap in efforts to curb Covid-19.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri and other senators in the May 9, 2022 senatorial elections on Wednesday (May 25) threw their full support for the passage of a proposed stimulus package for distressed industries hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

For the past five years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has received Freedom of Information (FOI) Certificate of Compliance, the latest was for the year 2021.