COMELEC open to various options for election automation
By Patrizia Paola C. Marcelo
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is looking at “all options” for conducting the upcoming midterm and national elections.
COMELEC Chairman Andres...
Chinese top foreign nationals barred from entering PHL
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Communists lash at Duterte, US over Balangiga, drug war
THE COMMUNIST Party of the Philippines (CPP) brushed off President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s public clamor for the United States to return the Balangiga bells...
‘Ilocos 6’ case vs House of Representatives to continue
THE SIX Ilocos Norte employees who were detained at the House of Representatives for almost two months and the province’s head, Governor Maria Josefa...
HRW says attacking schools a war crime; Duterte keeps threat
PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte’s threat to bomb indigenous peoples’ (IP) schools, some of which, he said, are being used as recruitment and training center...
Tropical storm Gorio slows down as it moves away from PHL
CLASSES WERE suspended yesterday in Metro Manila and neighboring areas as tropical storm Gorio intensified and enhanced the rains brought by the southwest monsoon....
Self-confessed child rapist shoots self, dies while in police custody
A SUSPECT for the kidnap-rape-slay of an eight-year-old girl shot himself and died on the way to his detention facility Tuesday night, accompanied by...
Communist rebels send out extortion letters to Panay businesses
THE MILITARY has called on the business sector in Panay Island to coordinate more closely with them in order to put a stop to...
DTI eyes initial P10M for Marawi MSMEs
THE DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry (DTI) has earmarked an initial P10 million for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Marawi City who...
Davao Food and Trade Terminal operational by Q1 2018
COMPLETION OF the five-hectare Davao Food and Trade Terminal building located in Daliao, Toril is expected by September this year and full operations is...
Iloilo to put up blue crab hatchery
THE PROVINCIAL government of Iloilo is sending its aquaculture experts to Negros Occidental’s Blue Swimming Crab Hatchery to learn about the technology of reproducing...
China urges ASEAN to reject outside interference
BEIJING urged Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday to unite and “say no” to outside forces seeking to interfere in the South China Sea dispute,...