MANILA Members of the Quezon City Council on Friday reminded all local and national candidates running in the May 13 mid-term elections to observe the ordinance that prohibits the use of plastics as advertisement and propaganda materials within the ci…
MANILA Press freedom is alive and well in the Philippines, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said Friday, following criticisms from various groups after the arrest of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Re…
MANILA � The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) on Thursday reminded government officials and employees to refrain from participating in partisan political activities.Comelec spokesperson James Jime…
MANILA Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday warned against declaring a state of calamity in the regions hit by the measles outbreak, as it could give some politicians access to calamity funds.”This is the election period, and excuse na naman yan (this …
MANILA The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday dismissed the disqualification cases filed against Senator Aquilino Pimentel III for lack of merit.In a 12-page decision, the Comelec 1st Division said the lawmaker is eligible to run in the Ma…
MANILA Prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against Trece Martires City, Cavite Mayor Melandres Desagun and two others for the killing of Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan and his driver Romulo Guillemer in July last year.Department of Justice (DOJ) spoke…
MANILA A Manila court hearing the government’s petition to declare the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) as terrorist organizations has dropped more than 600 names in the original petition filed by the government a…
