MANILA: The Commission of Elections’ (Comelec) new rule limiting the period allowed for the substitution of candidates will put an to the abuse of the practice, which results in a mockery of the country’s electoral process, an election lawyer said
DAVAO CITY: The city government has collected some PHP1.4 million of fines from anti-smoking ordinance violators during the first quarter of the year, the Vices Regulation Unit (VRU) and the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) reported Thursday.
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DAVAO CITY: At least 5,563 rice and corn farmers from Davao de Oro’s town of Nabunturan received cash assistance under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) and fuel discount vouchers from the Departme…
TAYABAS CITY: A tradition that began as thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest now helps support the local confectionery industry while also attracting tourists to this city.
Tayabasins, the native population here, celebrated their annual ‘Mayohan’ Fes…
LAOAG CITY: About 250 grams of suspected shabu, estimated at PHP1.7 million, was confiscated from a real estate broker at a police checkpoint in Barangay 8, Capangdanan, Pinili, Ilocos Norte early Wednesday.
In a report on Thursday, the police identi…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday pressed the need to dig deeper into the identity of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, who is being investigated by the Senate over allegations that she may be a Chinese asset.
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