MANILA: There will be ‘no sacred cows’ in the investigation into the escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said as he hinted that he now knows the people who helped the former mayor leave the …
MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has asked citizens’ arm groups and other stakeholders to help encourage the 5.3 million deactivated voters to reactivate to be able to participate in next year’s midterm elections.
Comelec chair George Er…
MANILA: Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said Tuesday the interpretation of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the United States in terms of an armed attack must be broadened for it to be res…
MANILA: The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) wants to partner with the United States to build the country’s first national defense hub within its ecozone in Casiguran, Aurora in Central Luzon.
APECO executives led by preesi…
MANILA: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) deferred the implementation of new tollway guidelines until Oct. 1 to allow toll operators to fine-tune their expressway operations.
DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista announced the postponement of the polic…
MANILA: The China Coast Guard (CCG) deployed a force of 40 ships in Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and blocked two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels on a resupply mission Monday.
In a statement Tuesday, PCG spokesperson for the WPS …
CEBU: Acting Mayor Raymond Garcia directed Sinulog organizers on Tuesday to start preparing for the annual festival in honor of the Sr. Sto. Nin~o, reverting to the usual venue at the Cebu City Sports Center.
‘So, everything will now revolve around t…