More than three million Filipinos have filed their applications for voter registration for the general elections next year, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, May 17. (COMELEC) The Comelec said it received a total of 3,453,196 applications from January 2020 to May 13, 2021....
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque claimed that the opposition was actually wishing for the government's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to fail so they could have a better shot at winning in the upcoming 2022 elections. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File...
The government's pandemic task force has placed governors and mayors further up in the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program priority list, putting them right behind medical frontliners and ahead of senior citizens. A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be introducing additional automated features to ensure transparency during the 2022 national elections. (COMELEC) "Some other features not used in 2019 elections will be introduced in 2022," said Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo in a press briefing...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has defended its deal with international company Smartmatic to provide software to be used for the general elections next year. (COMELEC) Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said that they "did not choose Smartmatic" to provide the automated system for the...
Presidential peace process adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday, May 14, warned legislators that pushing through with elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) next year could lead to more attacks and division among its residents. Presidential Peace Process Adviser...
Now that the budget for 2022 is being prepared, President Rodrigo Duterte was asked by the private sector to issue an Executive Order (EO) to mandate local government units (LGUs) to allot a higher budget for their respective agricultural development. This request came up in anticipation of LGUs...
An estimated 30 percent of the Filipino nurses who were displaced from their jobs abroad as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are willing to work in the Philippines temporarily. (Screengrab from DOLE Facebook live) Marianito Roque, former Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
The Department of Agriculture should expedite the rollout of programs promoting repopulation and biosecurity measures for local hog raisers in the country, Senator Nancy Binay said on Wednesday, May 12. Binay said that since President Duterte has already declared a state of calamity throughout the...
Senator Joel Villanueva has called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) and other concerned agencies to prepare their interventions for the local hog industry following the declaration of a state of calamity due to the African swine fever (ASF). Hog raiser Val Ruiz is in disbelief that 28 of his...
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) urged different dioceses nationwide to offer a “special intention Mass” on May 9, Sunday, in preparation for the conduct of the 2022 general elections. (QUIAPO CHURCH / FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO) “On May 9, it will be exactly a year...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued three local fishermen onboard a distressed motorbanca off Boracay Island in Aklan on Friday, May 7. In an incident report, the PCG said the fishermen encountered an engine trouble after they went to fish in the vicinity waters of Sitio Diniwid. The fishermen...
