(PNA photo by Robinson Niñal Jr.) MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hopeful to at least meet its projected number of voter applicants for the 2025 midterm elections. Comelec chair George Garcia said Saturday that they are 700,000 away from their targeted three million voters. The deadline for registration …
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FIRE DRILL. US Army soldiers prepare artillery ammunition during a live-fire exercise under the Salaknib 2024 exercise at Fort Magsaysay, Palayan City in Nueva Ecija. Salaknib is an annual Philippine Army-led, U.S. Army Pacific-sponsored bilateral exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and Philippine Army capacity and interoperability. Danny Pata The …
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Building of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands./Wikimedia Commons MANILA, Philippines — No law was violated when police officers communicated with representatives of the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating the drug war launched by former president Rodrigo Duterte, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV maintained yesterday. Trillanes said ICC …
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The Senate Energy Committee will start on May 6 its investigation into the alarming unstable power supply that is causing massive brownouts in several parts of the country. Committee chairperson Senator Raffy Tulfo cited the declaration of red and yellow alerts in the Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao grids by the …
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Red and orange hues paint the skies of Parañaque during sunset as seen from The Philippine STAR Office in San Dionisio today, April 26, 2024, marking the last Friday of the month. (Jesse Bustos / The Philippine STAR) MANILA, Philippines — Temperatures reached a scorching 38.2 degrees Celsius in Metro …
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President Marcos on Saturday, April 27, promised to bring in more investments and funding for infrastructure projects in Cebu to solidify its’ and Lapu-Lapu City’s status as the leading driver of economic growth and prosperity in the country. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) He …
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Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. at the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City on April 27, 2024 (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA – Thirty-four local government units (LGUs) have expressed support in upholding Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid China’s …
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Philippine Ambassador to United States Jose Manuel Romualdez speaks to visiting Filipino reporters in Washington, D.C., USA on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) WASHINGTON D.C., United States – The Philippines and United States have agreed to work together to counter China’s alleged manipulation of information …
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This photo taken on Feb. 16, 2024 shows Filipino fishermen aboard their wooden boats (middle L and 2nd L) and Philippine Fisheries and Aquatic Resources personnel aboard their rigid hull inflatable boat (foreground C) sailing past a Chinese coast guard ship (top) near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, in disputed waters …
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Philippine Constitution Association President and Lakas-CMD Party President Martin Romualdez and wife Leyte (1st Dist) Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (2nd right) shares a historic moment with (from left) Lakas-CMD President Emeritus and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2nd left) and Lakas-CMD National Advisory Council and Surigao Del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay …
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