The National Citizens ' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) has launched the NAMFREL Operation QR Count (2025) or OQC 2025, a way for Filipinos to participate in independently verifying the transmitted results of the 2025 National and Local Elections. In the NAMFREL OQC 2025, any person...
Mayor Joy Belmonte Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) on the city's calorie labeling ordinance that will soon require restaurants operating in Quezon City to display the calorie count of food items in their menus. Under the ordinance, food...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, March 21 said it supports the Quezon City local government’s directive to entail the display of the amount of calories in food among restaurants. Pixabay DOH in a statement said the ordinance will help the public choose what “healthy” food...
WORKERS ride bicycles to and from work in Iloilo City which is touted as one of the country’s ‘bike-friendly’ cities. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A multi-sector team has started gathering data on bike usage in this city which coincided with the commemoration of World Bicycle Day Friday, June...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas turned emotional after seeing the volunteers during his visit at the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) Command Center at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila on Thursday, May 12. Archbp. Soc Villegas and Dr. William Yu...
If the figures of the unofficial count of the election results shown by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) is not similar to the ones released by the media, it is because the poll watchdog is verifying the numbers first. Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting command...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, May 10, said she is currently discussing with “experts” about the allegations posted on social media on the conduct of the May 9 national polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo from VPLR Media Bureau) Social media posts alleged irregularities in the...
Former Senator Paolo Benigno 'Bam' Aquino IV, who served as Vice President Leni Robredo’s campaign manager, told supporters on Tuesday, May 10, that this was not the end for the Tropang Angat, and asked them to find the strength to heal, rise, and love others again. Vice President Leni Robredo...
Despite reports of irregularities in the voting process, Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, May 10, asked her supporters to accept the election results as an unofficial quick count shows rival former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. with a wide lead. Vice President Leni Robredo gives a public...
Partial and unofficial data from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) showed that Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate Sara Duterte are leading the presidential and vice presidential race. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) As of 9:01 p.m. on Monday evening, May...
The Department of Health logged 3,651 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Wednesday, Feb. 9. (FILE PHOTO) Active cases stood at 96,326, less than the 100,000 regularly reported in the past weeks since the surge began. DOH said that of the 3,651 reported cases, 3,474 (95 percent) occurred...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymundo Lo As we end year two of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it’s time to take stock of what we’ve gone through so far. Let’s acknowledge it’s been a tough two years. We lost dear family, friends, and colleagues to the virus. We missed some of our freedoms like...
