MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday it is now preparing to file election offense cases against suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.
In an interview, Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia said he would talk to their Law De…
MANILA: FIDE Master (FM) David Elorta garnered 9.0 points to win the Mayor Seth Frederick “Bullet” Jalosjos Open rapid chess tournament at the Dapitan Sports and Cultural Complex in Zamboanga del Norte last Sunday.
Using his mastery of the London Sys…
CEBU CITY: The Roman Catholic Church in Cebu continued to rally support here to oppose the passage of the absolute divorce bill.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma released a letter Monday, saying that divorce will not solve broken and irreparable marriages….
BAGUIO CITY: Officials of national government agencies and localities from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) on Monday signed a manifesto calling for autonomy, right on the first day of the month-long celebration of the region’s 37th founding…
MANILA: Fitch Solutions unit BMI said the Monetary Board (MB) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will likely lower key interest rates by 50 basis points (bps) by October this year.
In a report on Monday, BMI said the BSP will only start to redu…
MANILA: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday assured the House of Representative that the modernization and welfare programs of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, especially the Philippine Air Force (PAF) would be well-funded in the annual national bu…
DUMAGUETE CITY: Negros Oriental is gearing up to further reduce the stunting and wasting rates among children aged 0-59 months this year, an official said Monday.
At the opening of the 50th Nutrition Month celebration in July, Provincial Health Offic…