Comelec eyes longer voting hours for 2025 midterm polls

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday said it plans to implement longer voting hours in next year’s midterm elections.

In an interview, Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia said the 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. voting period aims to give …

No compromised documents in PCG Facebook hack

MANILA: There are no compromised documents in the hacking of the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) Facebook page, an official of the PCG said Wednesday.

In an interview over Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon, PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armando Balilo said the …

Streamline, not abolish, PS-DBM – Angara

MANILA: The Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) should be streamlined instead of being abolished, Senator Sonny Angara said Wednesday.

“I don’t think we’re going to abolish. I think we are going to streamline,” Ang…

El Niño expected to affect up to 80 provinces – task force

MANILA: Task Force El Niño on Wednesday warned that about 80 provinces may experience the adverse effects of the weather phenomenon, sparing only two provinces in the country.

This is as the number of provinces currently affected by El Niño has alrea…

Ilocos Norte steps up measures to prevent forest fires

LAOAG: Ilocos Norte province has stepped up measures to prevent the recurrence of forest fires this dry season.

Marcell Tabije, provincial disaster risk reduction and management officer, in a media interview Wednesday, said authorities from the Phili…

Bill seeking to improve BARMM vax rates filed

COTABATO: A physician member of the Bangsamoro parliament has filed a bill seeking to improve influenza or flu vaccination rates in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

In his proposal under Parliament Bill No. 275, BARMM lawm…

Solons debunk lobby money claim over economic restrictions lifting

MANILA: Several members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday debunked warnings made by their former colleague that inserting the phrase ‘unless otherwise provided by law’ to the 1987 Constitution’s economic provisions would draw ‘lobbying mone…