Palace honors 10 LGUs for fighting hunger
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos yesterday honored 10 local government units (LGUs) that implemented exceptional programs intended to eradicate hunger.
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Bernardino scores nerve-wracker
BACOLOD , Philippines — Tiffany Bernardino clinched a dramatic victory in the girls’ 13-15 category of the ICTSI Junior Philippine Golf Tour Visayas Series here yesterday, with a clutch par on the 17th hole sealing her win.
18 rescued as boat sinks off Sulu
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Eighteen people were rescued after a motorized banca capsized in the waters off Sulu on Sunday.
Quezon City, UP ink housing deal for informal settlers
MANILA, Philippines — Informal settler families will soon be provided decent shelters in two temporary relocation sites inside the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.
Comelec ‘suppression of ‘embo’ voters hit
MANILA, Philippines — The decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) barring residents of 10 enlisted men’s barrio or “embo” barangays from voting for their congressional representative in the 2025 midterm elections is a “denial of democracy,” Makati Mayor Abby Binay said yesterday. Comelec Chairman George Garcia earlier explained that these barangays, whose jurisdiction has been transferred from Makati to Taguig following a Supreme Court ruling, do not belong to either of the congressional districts of the two cities.
‘Sick, stressed’ Guo no-show at POGO hearing
MANILA, Philippines — Embattled Bamban Mayor Alice Guo snubbed yesterday the Senate committee hearing digging deeper into her background and suspected links with offshore gaming operators.
Private SWAT service probed
MANILA, Philippines — Personnel of a police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team allegedly deployed at a private event in Pasig City will be investigated, Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said yesterday.
Anti-Duterte unity ticket proposed
MANILA, Philippines — With the Duterte family aiming to return to power, the Marcos administration can unite with non-traditional allies, including the so-called “pink” forces of the independent opposition, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said yesterday.