Banks remained confused and unaware of the details of the “money ban” ordered by the Commission on Elections, as of Tuesday, and which was reported to take effect on Wednesday (May 8) until May 13.
The lawyer of former Senator Jamby Madrigal claimed on Wednesday that campaign “volunteers” were apparently behind the offer of an iPad in an online contest she had on Facebook.
The provincial government of Northern Samar has become the first provincial government unit in the country to enact a local anti-child labor ordinance, complete with an initial P1-million funding for its implementation, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
Not just the usual suspects. Sometimes an “order of battle” would include the name of a government official that intelligence reports would link to crimes like drugs and kidnapping.
MANILA, Philippines — If shopping malls can play Christmas songs all day long, they should have no problem playing the national anthem three times a day. Bacolod Rep. Anthony Golez made this statement as he filed a bill mandating commercial establishments and government offices to play the “Lupang Hinirang” in the mornings, at noon [...]
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is poised to delegate the task of monitoring campaign finances to the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) in its bid to ensure that candidates in the 2013 balloting won’t be elected through illicit funds.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has decried the “enrollment by injunction” tactic of schools who have been ordered last year to close down certain course programs that did not meet government quality standards.
The Aman Futures Group, which claims to be involved in the arcane business of commodity futures trading, operated from the most unusual of places—the declining mangroves of coastal Kawit village here.
A Mindanao congressman is set to file a resolution in the House of Representatives to investigate the multi-billion-peso scam that had rocked the region.
Maria Donna Coyme, an investment “agent’’ of the Aman Futures Group, has disclosed to the National Bureau of Investigation the bank accounts of the group where money collected by agents like her from investors were deposited.
Government officials have been taking steps to avert any outbreak of violence among thousands of angry victims of pyramid scams, Malacañang said on Sunday, even as it appealed to the victims not to take the law into their own hands.
Even with three senators and a host of congressmen from the Bicol region, lawmakers see nothing wrong with additional representation from a party-list group like the discredited Ako Bicol.
Governor-in-charge Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) said President Benigno Aquino could decide whether or not he should be retained in his post following his decision to run in the regional polls.
