AN ELECTION commissioner who alleged interference in the disqualification case against the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos on Tuesday said her vote and that of another member of the First Division probably won’t be counted if the decision comes out after Feb. 3.

DAILY coronavirus infections in the Philippines could fall to about 5,000 by late February, according to researchers from the country’s premier university.

FORMER Cabinet members and military officers who served under the late President Benigno S.C. Aquino III on Tuesday endorsed Vice-President Maria Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo’s presidential run. 

A RALLY led by Bayan Muna Party-list was held Tuesday in front of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Manila to press a division of the poll body to release its decision on three of seven cases filed to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr.

MOST SENATORS support the elimination of the coronavirus alert level system in the country as the National Economic and Development Authority looks to transition towards an “endemic” state of affairs, but at least two lawmakers are proposing other options. 

COASTAL communities around Sarangani Bay have been working together to collect crown-of-thorn (COT) starfish as an outbreak threatens coral reefs at the protected area. 

SENATE’S final approval of a proposed law that will give Marawi City residents monetary compensation for properties destroyed during the 2017 siege complements the government’s reconstruction program, the head of the rehabilitation team said on Tuesday.  

A P545-million earth fill dam will be constructed in the island province of Guimaras with over 1,300 farmers seen to benefit from the project, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) announced.

A FILIPINO televangelist who has been indicted in the United States for sex trafficking and other charges endorsed on Tuesday the presidential candidacy of the late dictator’s son Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. and his running mate, Sara Duterte-Carpio.  

Local governments and port authorities should align on plastic bans to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the ocean, according to a solid waste management study by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines. 

AN ELECTION commissioner on Monday released her separate opinion where she voted to disqualify the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos from the presidential race this year, days after alleging that a politician was trying to meddle in the lawsuit.

THE PHILIPPINES will use six commercial and public sites in Metro Manila to vaccinate children aged five to 11 starting Feb. 4., according to the presidential palace.