Coinciding with the start of the voter registration period for the 2025 National and Local Elections (2025 NLE), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that the issuance of voter's certification in all Offices of the Election Officers, Comelec National Central File Division, and Comelec Office...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Monday, Jan. 29, that the Commission En Banc has decided unanimously to suspend indefinitely all proceedings concerning the People's Initiative (PI) as a means to amend the 1987 Constitution. (Photo from the Office of...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Thirty Sangguniang Kabataan officials here tested negative for banned substances during a recent drug test conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 2. This was announced on Thursday by the agency five days after SK Federation president and...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III told the Senate that it can act legally in the sense of filing cases to question the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) so-called "ministerial role" of receiving signatures in relation to the push for People's Initiative (PI) to amend the 1987...
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III on Sunday, Jan. 21, confirmed that the Commission has been instructed to investigate allegations against its commissioner who is under a preventive suspension. (CHED file photo) “CHED will look into the matter seriously and...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Richard Gordon on Saturday, Jan. 20, lauded volunteers for rescuing flood and landslide victims in Davao, while commending Cebu preparations for Sinulog festivities. PRC / Manila Bulletin In Davao, the PRC said in a...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – An officer-in-charge (OIC) barangay chairman was killed in a gun attack in his house in Barangay Canlubang, this town, on Friday morning. Police identified the victim as Mario Jun Castillo Cogay, 65. Investigation said the victim was on the balcony drinking...
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Popoy De Vera has instructed the transfer of 24 State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) to the “remaining members” of the Commission following the dismissal of a CHED Commissioner. (Courtesy of CHED) In a statement, CHED confirmed that the...
With the Senate leading the review of economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution, and the push for People's Initiative to amend the Charter going south, is the P14-billion under the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) 2024 budget still needed? In an interview on Tuesday, Jan. 16, Sen. Imee Marcos,...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A former barangay chairman who filed a Certificate of Candidacy for president in the 2010 national elections was stabbed to death in Barangay San Vicente Central here over the weekend. DR. Agustin Bolor, a dentist known for his flashy jewelry and filing a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Thursday, January 11 that voter registration will resume on Feb. 12, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., including Saturdays and holidays and will be held until September 30. Comelec said that registration will continue except when declared...
Chairman Popoy De Vera on Monday, Jan. 8, clarified that the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) did not order government-run universities and colleges to close their Senior High School (SHS) Programs. CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera / CHED file photo In a press conference, De Vera explained that...
