What are your thoughts? The whole world is still debating about what happened at the Academy Awards wherein Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinckett-Smith's alopecia illness and Will Smith reaction of going up on stage to slap Rock. AFP (Robyn Beck) Who is at fault? Was Rock's joke acceptable?...
There are more male candidates running unopposed in the May 2022 local polls than females. Data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed that of the 832 unopposed candidates at the local level, 645 or 77.52 percent are males. Unopposed female candidates, on the other hand, total 187 or...
Poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) hosted the kickoff of the source code review and presentation of the sampling software on Monday, March 28 that will be used on the conduct of the random manual audit (RMA) for the May 2022 automated elections. (Screenshot from LENTE...
As the May 2022 polls near, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged candidates to monitor each other and report their opponents’ possible violations of campaign rules such as vote-buying. “Sa mga magkakalaban, maganda po ay mag-monitoran kayo, maganda po ay kayo mismo ang titingin,...
media NLEX Corporation has began raising the elevation of a 640-meter portion of the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) Dinalupihan to curb the risk of flooding and expects to complete the project by third quarter of 2022. “We continue to improve our infrastructure so they can withstand...
Incumbent Taguig 2nd District Rep. Lani Cayetano led in two surveys for mayor of Taguig City. Cayetano, who is running for mayor under the Nacionalista Party, is aiming to replace her brother-in-law, Mayor Lino Cayetano, who is in his first term but gave up his reelection bid for the May 9 polls....
Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has ranked first in the mock polls organized by the students of the Cagayan State University’s College of Allied Health Sciences (CSU-CAHS) in Tuguegarao City. Escudero, who is seeking a Senate comeback in the May 2022 elections, was voted by almost...
‘The world deserves our stories.’ After their presence at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2021 , Filipino literary creations are heading to the London Book Fair (LBF). Dubbed as one of the largest international rights trade fairs in the world, the fair is happening from April 5 to 7 in Olympia at...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will release this week the list of "areas of concern" for the 2022 polls. According to the Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia, the Philippine National Police (PNP), and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have already submitted their lists of areas...
K-pop boy band Seventeen wrapped up their three-day “2022 SVT 6th Fan Meeting: Seventeen in Carat Land” on March 27 that saw the group return to an in-person event in more than two years. For three days from March 25 to 27, Seventeen held the fan meeting at the Seoul Sports Complex Auxiliary...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto bared on Sunday, March 27, that campaigning amid the Covid-19 pandemic is more fun but difficult as compared to 2019. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto's Facebook) "Ano ang pinagkaiba ng campaign period ngayon kumpara sa 2019? Sa isang banda, mas nakakapagod ngayon dahil...
Taguig City’s total weekly tally of new Covid-19 cases has increased for the third consecutive time. In its weekly report, the Taguig City government announced that there were 312 new Covid-19 cases from March 18 to 24, or 45 cases per day, up by 36 new cases or 13 percent, compared to 276...
