President Marcos has called on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to safeguard the integrity of the upcoming 2025 polls, citing its crucial role in ensuring peaceful and credible elections. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos said this as he led the oath-taking...
A new resolution released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeks to curb all forms of discrimination during the election period, warning that anyone who violates this shall be liable for an election offense. Under Resolution No. 11116 promulgated on Wednesday, Feb. 19, during the election...
CEBU CITY – More than 500 loose firearms have been seized since the election gun ban was enforced in Central Visayas last Jan. 12. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that 527 loose firearms were confiscated in the intensified campaign to ensure a peaceful election in May....
Returning senatorial bet Kiko Pangilinan urged the government to intensify efforts in preventing child sexual abuse and exploitation and ensuring the protection of children. Pangilinan expressed his concern after the Philippine National Police (PNP) recorded 18,089 cases of child abuse related to...
Senatorial candidates Bam Aquino and Heidi Mendoza have crossed paths during their respective campaign trail in Quezon Province recently. Senatorial candidates Bam Aquino and Heidi Mendoza meet during a campaign activity in Quezon Province. (Photo courtesy of Bam Aquino Media Bureau) Aquino...
What the Philippines needs are progress and solutions to its problems, and not threats or senseless tirades, President Marcos said as he once again endorsed the administration-backed senate slate in a proclamation rally in Pasay City. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. speaks during the...
The intensifying conflict between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio may deter foreign capital and funds from flowing to the Philippines, according to Dutch financial giant ING. In a Feb. 14 report, ING cited the Marcos-Duterte rift as a key investor concern as...
Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Anton Lagdameo on Tuesday, Feb. 18, defended the weekend proclamation rally of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas in Carmen, Davao del Norte that kicked off its campaign for the May elections in Mindanao. SECURITY is tight at the Alyansa para sa...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday, Feb. 18, that the poll body has so far printed nearly half of the required number of ballots for the May 2025 elections. Verifiers of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) carefully inspect printed ballots for the May...
A petition for disqualification from seeking public office has been filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against the Tulfo brothers namely senatorial candidates ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo and Ben Tulfo as well as three of their relatives. (MB file photo) The petition, filed...
"Torre is a tower of ignorance and an edifice of nonsense." Former presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo (file) This was how former presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo described Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief PBGen. Nicolas Torre III after the latter filed a complaint...
Police have arrested almost 1,000 people, including soldiers and policemen, amid the continuous gun ban implementation across the country for the May 12 midterm elections, an official disclosed on Monday, Feb. 17. Police Col. Randulf Tuaño, chief information officer of the Philippine National...
