Comelec eyes start of poll automation deal negotiations by next week

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to start negotiations next week with South Korean firm Miru Systems Co. Ltd. (Miru) on the PHP18 billion contract for its 2025 poll automation project.

In an interview on Friday, Comelec chairp…

24 firms keen on producing anti-TB, HIV drugs: Palace

MANILA: Around 24 drug manufacturers have expressed readiness to produce anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs, while one pharmaceutical firm has expressed willingness to manufacture human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicines.

This was reported to Presiden…

DND chief: PH needs to reaffirm alliances to uphold UNCLOS

MANILA: Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. stressed the need for the Philippines to reaffirm its alliances with like-minded nations if it wants to uphold the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) amid security challenges in the …

PBBM’s Kalinisan progam earns support from academe

MANILA: More than 500 volunteers from the Philippine College of Criminology (PCCR) organized a coastal cleanup at Baseco Beach in Port Area, Manila on Friday to join the Marcos administration’s “Kalinisan sa Bagong Pilipinas (Cleanliness in the New Ph…

Agusan Norte college students get over P1-M cash grant

MANILA: At least 41 college students from Agusan del Norte province received a PHP25,000 financial grant each under the Student Monetary Assistance for Recovery and Transition (SMART) program of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

The grant, t…

19 NorMin villages ‘drug cleared’; police ops net P3.1-M illegal drugs

MANILA: Nineteen new barangays in Northern Mindanao have been declared drug-cleared this month, as PHP3.1 million worth of illegal drugs were seized during police operations this week.

In a statement on Friday, Brig. Gen. Ricardo Layug Jr., Police Re…

Foreign investment in HEIs can have big impact on human capital dev’t

MANILA: Removing the foreign investment restrictions on higher educational institutions (HEIs) in the 1987 Constitution can have a big impact on human capital development, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said.

Gatchalian made the statement in response to …