Marawi City plebiscite ongoing, no untoward incident so far

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and security personnel are closely monitoring the ongoing plebiscite for the proposed creation of three additional barangays in Marawi City.

In a statement, Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco noted …

Oriental Mindoro farmers receive cash aid, urged to sell rice to NFA

CALAPAN: The Marcos administration is extending more financial assistance to rice farmers here with the understanding that they, too, will participate in government efforts to build up the country’s rice stocks.

House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Satu…

Malonzo posts career-high to lead Ginebra past ROS

MANILA: Jamie Malonzo dropped a career-high 32 points to highlight an impressive performance to lead Ginebra to a 113-107 win against Rain Or Shine to open its PBA Philippine Cup campaign at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Friday night.

DSWD, partners kick off ‘Tara Basa!’ tutoring program in Cebu

MANILA: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and the State Universities and Colleges (SUC) represented by Cebu Normal University…

Maguindanao student yields P1-M ‘shabu’ in Gen. Santos City drug bust

KORONADAL: Acting on a tip, police operatives in General Santos City arrested a 20-year-old student from Maguindanao del Norte on Friday night and seized from him suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP1 million.

Brig. Gen. Jimili Macar…

Davao court acquits 1 of 3 suspects in murder of Kidapawan radioman

KIDAPAWAN: One of the suspects in the 2019 murder of a radio broadcaster here was acquitted by a court in Davao City on Friday.

Lawyer Vicente C. Andiano, one of the counsels of Sotero ‘Jun’ Jacolbe Jr., told a news conference that the prosecution fa…

UN rapporteur cites ‘many layers of violence’ vs. Palestinian women

ISTANBUL: For Palestinian women, there are ‘many layers of violence that is being perpetuated against them’ by Israel, according to Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls.

In an interview with Anadolu for Internat…