MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday said precincts during the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections on Sept. 14 will only have 600 voters each to prevent long lines and ensure faster voting. In a press briefing held after the kick-off ceremony for the printing of the official ballots to be used in

MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to come up with a resolution on the employment status of resigned Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Men’s Basketball Team head coach Thomas Anthony “Tab” Baldwin this month. During the second and final classificatory hearing at the DOLE main office in Intramuros, Manila on

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Cebu Provincial Government has begun distributing hundreds of N95 face masks and placed its hospitals on alert after ashfall from Kanlaon Volcano reached several parts of Cebu on Thursday, July 9. The response came as authorities warned that prolonged exposure to volcanic ash could cause respiratory problems, prompting the province

MANILA – Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday dismissed as “disinformation” and “outlandish narratives” claims by Chinese scholars alleging that Batanes is part of China. “Today, significantly, we see the disinformation in the guise of historical scholarship in a closed society, namely China, once again spewing out false narratives in

MANILA, Philippines — Under questioning by Sen. Bam Aquino, NBI Senior Agent John Mark Calilung said he was only tasked with verifying the authenticity of the “kill threat” video of Vice President Sara Duterte, but not with verifying the existence of a hitman. /atm

MANILA, Philippines — Under questioning by Sen. Raffy Tulfo, NBI Senior Agent John Mark Calilung said the “kill threat” of Vice President Sara Duterte was authentic, not AI-generated. /atm

ILOILO CITY — Iloilo City has raised its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to Blue Alert Status and placed disaster response teams on standby as Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) continues to intensify while moving west-northwestward east of Northern Luzon. The move was announced in Situational Report No. 1 released at 6 p.m. Thursday by the

TACLOBAN CITY – Authorities confiscated nearly P7 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a regional high-value drug suspect during a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday, July 9. The operation marked one of the biggest illegal drug seizures in Eastern Visayas region this year. READ: 2 arrested in P500,000 ‘shabu’ buy-bust in

LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two alleged armed drug pushers were arrested during a buy-bust operation conducted by police in General Trias City, Cavite, early Thursday, July 9. The Police Regional Office 4-A (PRO-4A) said operatives from the city drug enforcement unit arrested the suspects, identified only by their aliases “Harley” and “Wilfredo,” after they allegedly