CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A fair elections advocate in this city has urged the government to create a program that would incentivize witnesses to testify against the undying issue of vote-buying in the country during elections. Nestor Banuag Jr., chairperson of the National Citizens’ Movement for...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Election officials declared a village chairperson aspirant here as winner via drawing of lots after he and his rival obtained equal number of votes on Monday, October 30. Cotabato City Election Officer Norpaisa Paglala Manduyog administered the “drawing of lots” to...
BACOLOD CITY – One-hundred ninety-seven vendors here have secured permits to sell flowers for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day from October 29 to November 2. PEOPLE purchase flowers for ‘Undas’ in Bacolod City. (Glazyl Masculino) Pacifico Maghari III, city administrator, said these...
TACLOBAN CITY – Residents in two upland barangays in Calbayog City in Samar encountered a delay in casting their votes after an armed attack against a soldier and Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) disturbed the scheduled voting on Monday, October 30. MAP of Calbayog City Voting...
Quezon City Mayor Joy was recognized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as one of the “Champions of the Earth" for leading the city in implementing initiatives for climate change and the environment. The local government said on Monday, Oct. 30, that Belmonte was among the...
DAVAO CITY – Philtower Consortium Inc. aims to ensure that Mindanao enjoys network speed and availability on par with the rest of the Philippines following the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Globe Telecoms Inc. for the full takeover of cell site operations on the island in a hotel...
DAVAO CITY – A Davao City-based environmental group urged newly elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials to be more proactive in addressing environmental issues. Mark Peñalver, executive director of the Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), said that local...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here, said no power interruption disrupted the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in this city on Monday, October 30. A MORE Power team is deployed at Jalandoni Memorial Elementary School in Iloilo City...
Vice President Sara Duterte congratulated the winners of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) Elections 2023, and urged the defeated candidates not to lose their will to serve the people. Vice President Sara Duterte takes a selfie with her fellow Davaoeños after she casts her vote in the...
CALAUAN, Laguna – Nine individuals, three Filipinos and six foreigners, were allegedly kidnapped by armed men in Muntinlupa City before dawn on Monday, October 30. Calauan police identified the Filipino victims as Henry Catapat, Marian Arambulo, and John Ray Catapat. The three victims told...
Police and personnel from the Muntinlupa City government have been deployed to cemeteries as people observe this year’s Undas. Filipinos remember their departed loved ones by visiting cemeteries on All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2. Personnel have been...
DAVAO CITY – The grieving family of former Philsaga Mining Corp. president retired Col. Samuel Afdal who was killed two years ago is optimistic that suspects in his tragic death will soon face the consequences of their actions. THE family of slain mining exec Samuel Afdal is hopeful that justice...
