Comelec cancels registrations of 5 partylist groups
By Matikas Santos
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has formally cancelled the registration of several partylist groups Friday, which would mean that their votes would no longer be considered.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has formally cancelled the registration of several partylist groups Friday, which would mean that their votes would no longer be considered.
A man was arrested after he was caught in possession of P2.5-million worth of illegal drugs following a drug sting in Quezon City before dawn Friday, police said.
The Court of Appeals has stopped the nationwide field testing of genetically modified eggplants in the country.
Two militiamen abducted by the New People’s Army have been released in Surigao del Sur, the military said.
One was killed as fire struck a residential building in Quezon City Friday, a fire officer said.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front have signed a peace pact in Matalam, North Cotabato following a series of clashes early this month that displaced over 7,000 persons, a military official said Friday
Less than a gram of methamphetamine hydrochloride, or “shabu” is enough to put someone in jail for the rest of his life, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said.
The Commission on Elections, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), has proclaimed 14 partylist groups that have won at least one seat at the House of Representatives.
A social worker abducted by suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group in Basilan was released Thursday evening, authorities said Friday.
Rains are expected in parts of the Philippines due to a diffused tail-end of a cold front affecting Northern Luzon and intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Southern Mindanao, the state weather bureau said Friday.
A fire razed the Department of Agriculture (DA) region 10 field office in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Thursday afternoon.
The National Capital Region Police Office should look into the particular reasons why the debts for the water supply of the Manila Police District grew to millions to the point that it was cut off by its utility service provider, a Philippine National Police spokesman said.
Two members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines assigned to the Presidential Security Group were arrested after they allegedly broke into an auto shop in Quezon City Thursday midnight and took away P100,000 worth of valuables and a car, police said.
