MANILA, Philippines — Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal has mounted a fresh legal challenge before the Supreme Court (SC) to declare Republic Act (RA) No. 12326 unconstitutional and stop the deferral of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Aside from postponing this year’s election, RA 12326 extends the term of office for barangay and Sangguniang
Read full articleCITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Philippines — Former Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent Eric Jimenez died of complications from chronic kidney disease on Sunday, according to his family. He was 57. A graduate of Mass Communications at Angeles University Foundation in Angeles City, Jimenez wrote for and edited the newsweekly The Angeles Sun. He also served as
COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have agreed to accelerate the stalled decommissioning of the front’s fighters and weapons following a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, over the weekend. With Malaysia facilitating the meeting, Peace Implementing Panel chairs Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento of the government
Carnegie Mellon University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University tie for first in U.S. News & World Report's 2027 ranking of undergraduate computer science programs, released Sept. 22.
Philweb’s investment in JKS rests on a valuation that raises questions
New Yorkers turned flooded streets into waterways over the weekend, paddling kayaks through parts of Queens as a powerful nor'easter battered the northeastern United States with heavy rain, strong winds and coastal flooding.
The Senate impeachment court on Tuesday ruled that Vice President Sara Duterte cannot be compelled to admit that she owned bank accounts whose records were submitted in her impeachment trial.
UPDATED 11.48AM | Among others, charges are linked to market valuation of 24 parcels of Felda-owned land in 2014.
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has denied former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr."s motion seeking the inhibition of Third Division chairperson and Associate Justice Karl Miranda from participating in Revilla"s P92.8-million malversation case involving a non-existent flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan.
Mark Mabasa applied for asylum before new policies targeting asylum seekers were announced, and his uncle argues that he is working honestly to support his family
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Five men, all British nationals from London in their early 20s, were detained after a local farmer alerted police about white vans driving towards RAF Fairford, a British base housing US bombers that fly missions against Iran
Private prosecutor Theodore Te will conduct the direct examination of Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte on Tuesday, September 29 after he appeared at the Senate impeachment court's trial of his sister, Vice President Sara Duterte.