The recently held 2022 national and local elections have been generally peaceful despite some incidents of strafing, explosions, and ballot-snatching, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced Tuesday, May 10. Comelec acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco speaks in a press briefing at the...
Four individuals were confirmed killed while 11 others were injured in at least 15 election-related violent incidents that were monitored by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) nationwide. Col. Ramon Zagala, spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), interacts with the media...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced Monday, May 9, that it has launched an investigation into the reported violent incidents and inconsistencies that surfaced in social media and were being linked to the 2022 national and local elections. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia speaks...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is undertaking close coordination to strengthen the Barangay Councils for the Protection of Children (BCPC) in the face of the reported increasing incidence of child abuse and violence against women. At the same time, the Baguio...
In his visit to Abra province, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson publicly addressed the issue of political violence that could ruin everybody’s hopes for a peaceful conduct of honest and orderly elections on May 9, 2022. Lacson acknowledged that peace and order has always been...
Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao will pursue a federal form of government if he wins in the upcoming elections. Senator Manny Pacquiao Pacquiao bared this on Thursday at the sidelines of his campaign rally in Bohol, where he said he made the pronouncement when he recently met with the...
President Duterte has assured the public of the safe conduct of the May 2022 elections and warned that those who will initiate violence will be fighting against the government. Duterte said the reason why he chose not to endorse his presidential candidate "was simply to show the people" that he is...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) warned against any form of violence against women (VAW) amid the election period. (Unsplash) “Election season or not, women should not be targets of misogynistic, malicious, or sexist maneuvers. The PCW reminds everyone that violence against women, in all...
Being in a global health crisis for more than two years has unraveled the advantages and disadvantages of the traditional work setup. In a bid to curb the negative effects of the "new normal," Avon Philippines updated employee health benefits to include a pilot program for mental health—and the...
NEW YORK, United States -- A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed as he sat in a parked car Thursday night in New York City, police said, shining a light on surging gun violence in the US megacity. A young woman in the driver's seat was also shot multiple times, while an eight-year-old girl in the...
Silliman University (SU), on Saturday, March 26, launched a local adaptation of “Thursdays in Black,” a campaign of the World Council of Churches to end gender-based violence. Thursdays in Black, with its tagline “Towards a world without rape and violence,” amplifies the call for gender...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said violence is not the way for a country to achieve the result it wants and that the most effective way to do this is to address the root of the problem. Vice President Leni Robredo (Screenshot from CBCP via CNN Philippines / YouTube) Robredo said...
