More than 750,000 applications for voter registration have so far been received by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the December Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls. Comelec/MB The Comelec said the 757,316 new registrants is as of July 11. These voters are those aged 15 to 17 years old...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) as her top priority bill. Loren Legarda The measure, Senate Bill 5, seeks to provide a comprehensive set of compensation, incentives, and other benefits in acknowledgment of the services these health workers render to the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it has already received more than 487,000 applications from individuals who wanted to become registered voters in time for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in December. The poll body said there have been 487,628 new registrants across...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has reintroduced in the 19th Congress the bill which seeks to mandate the appointment of at least two barangay health workers (BHWs) in every barangay and granting them standard salaries and additional incentives. Go, who will again chair the Senate Committee on...
THE mother of 19-year-old Amierkhan Mangacop wipes her tears as she appeals for justice for her son who shot dead in a bar altercation in Davao City last week. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – The 19-year-old student allegedly shot dead by a doctor of the Police Regional Office-Davao Region in a bar...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) applicants swamped the first day of the resumption of voter registration by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in preparation for the barangay and SK elections in December. Comelec-Eastern Visayas (Region 8) was able to process a total of 4,200...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Malabon Chapter distributed 500 loaves of bread to 350 families in Barangay Hulong Duhat, Malabon City who were distressed by two weeks of flooding. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) It was caused by high tide and damaged floodgates. The bread loaves were donated by Gardenia...
The conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections set on Dec. 5 this year appears to be still in limbo. This, after Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos gave no categorical answer if the said polls will proceed as scheduled or not. He...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two barangay chairmen were killed in separate incidents in Eastern Visayas Wednesday, July 6. Police identified the victims as Rolando Buyoc, chairman of Barangay Seguinon, Albuera, Leyte, and Roberto Yapan, chairman of Barangay Julita, Biliran, Biliran. Buyoc, 56, was shot dead...
Rookie solon Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez has filed a bill pushing for the postponement of the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BKSE). Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez (MANILA BULLETIN) As part of the initial salvo of bill filings in the 19th Congress, Gomez...
House members of the 19th Congress want the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BKSE) to push through no later than May 2023. Citizens line up to register with the Commission on Elections (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel and Quezon City 2nd district Rep....
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized some P272 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Quezon City on Sunday, July 3. PDEA Director General Wikins Villanueva said the operation also resulted in the arrest of a suspected big-time Chinese drug trafficker identified as...
