The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reset the Election Registration Board hearings in areas affected by the recent magnitude 7 earthquake. Comelec/MB "In the areas of CAR and Region 1 the August 1 hearing has been extended and will be reset on August 15, 2022," Comelec Acting Spokesperson...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) expressed its 100 percent support for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ plan to implement mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program for senior high school students. (Juan Carlo de Vela / Manila Bulletin File Photo) “100...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has tapped former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia as the poll body's new chairman. Former Elections Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec FB) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced Garcia's designation on...
CAGAYAN -- A teacher accused of falsification of private individual documents and a barangay chairman accused of usurpation of authority were arrested in separate implementations of warrant arrest on Friday, July 29, in Amulung town in this province. A report from the Cagayan Police Provincial...
Neophyte solon Quezon City 1st district Rep. Arjo Atayde--the boyfriend of showbiz personality Maine Mendoza of Kalyeserye fame--has gained a vice chairmanship in the House of Representatives. Maine Mendoza and Quezon City 1st district Rep. Arjo Atayde During the plenary session on Wednesday night,...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has reappointed Prospero "Popoy" de Vera III as the chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Commission on Higher Education Chairman Popoy De Vera III (Photo from CHED) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced this on Saturday...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has confirmed that he will retain his chairmanship of the House Committee on Ways and Means in the upcoming 19th Congress. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) "It's ways and means," Salceda said when asked about the panel that he would be holding in...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Authorities have formed a special task force to look into the killing of a barangay chairman in Monkayo, Davao de Oro Sunday, June 26. In a statement Monday, June 27, the Police Regional Office in Davao Region (PRO-11) said two unidentified gunmen attacked Barangay Mount Diwata...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The chairman of Barangay Sto. Niño here was killed by still unidentified gunmen Friday, June 24, the second shooting incident involving village officials in this city in just three days. Police said the victim, Florencio Cagas, was gunned down at around 7:10 p.m. in Purok 7,...
Hard work and dedication — not simply luck — were the key components of the country’s success in sports for the past years as far as Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez is concerned. PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez “Yung golden year na sinasabi natin sa sports, hindi yung...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on June 3 to promote the creation of special economic zones in ancestral lands. National Commission on Indigenous Peoples website The MOA signing was...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan on Wednesday, June 1, said he accepts with a heavy heart the outcome of the confirmation hearings. Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan (Ali Vicoy/MB) "Today, my ad interim appointment as Chairman of the Commission on Elections ends. Due to a...
