The Senate building Highlighting the potential impact that the bill could make, 4Ps Party-list Rep. JC Abalos urged the Senate to swiftly pass a measure declaring election day in the Philippines as a regular non-working holiday. Abalos, in a...
Cavite police personnel man an election checkpoint in Dasmariñas City on Jan. 12 (Photo from Cavite PPO/MANILA BULLETIN) The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) launched strategic checkpoints throughout the province as the 2025 midterm election period began on Sunday, Jan. 12. Acting...
"Just follow the law. Our lives will be easy." This was the reminder of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia to the public as the gun ban officially takes effect Sunday Jan. 12, 2025, with the commencement of the election period for the May 2025 National and Local...
CEBU CITY – Authorities in Central Visayas took a crucial step towards achieving a peaceful and fair election in May by opening the Regional Election Monitoring Action Center (REMEC) here on Thursday, Jan. 9. THE Regional Election Monitoring Action Center at the Police Regional Office-Central...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista is confident that the upcoming election ban on government projects will not affect the agency’s big-ticket infrastructure projects. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista speaks to the media during a Palace press briefing. (RTVM...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded on Tuesday, Jan. 7, that its gun ban will take effect on Jan. 12, 2025, until June 11, 2025, as the election period begins. "Kaya po doon sa ating mga kababayan po na bagama’t kayo ay lisensiyadong nagmamay-ari ng baril, bagama’t po kayo ay...
Requests that would pave the way for unequal footing in the electoral landscape in Sulu were some of the things denied by Sulu Provincial Election Supervisor Vidzfar Julie which later led to a daring daylight ambush against him that claimed the life of his brother. (Photo from the Office of Comelec...
With a flurry of initiatives lined up for next year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) shall seek exemptions from the forthcoming election ban on public spending to ensure that projects won't stop nor delay implementation. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. told Manila Bulletin on...
ILIGAN CITY -- The Commission on Elections officer in Nunungan town in Lanao del Norte province was shot dead in Purok 1, Barangay Curva Miagao, Salvador, Lanao del Norte, on Monday, Nov. 25. VALLECER Police identified the victim as Markus Orlando Vallecer of Cagayan de...
Al Panlilio is putting premium on a sustainable program and a united and harmonious Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) as he seeks another term as POC first vice president under the ticket of reelectionist president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino. PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee president Abraham...
Think tank Capital Economics has flagged potential risks to Asian currencies, including the Philippine peso, should Donald Trump secure victory in the upcoming US presidential election. In a report, Capital Economics said that Trump's protectionist policies could exert depreciation pressures...
BY DERCO ROSAL German financial services giant Deutsche Bank expects the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to continue easing gradually but warns that the US presidential election and trade policy changes could delay further rate cuts. “A key risk to our view is the US presidential election and...
