MANILA: The Senate has to call for a special election if it wants to fill up the vacancy left by incoming Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Tuesday.
“Filling up a position is dep…
ILOILO: The Philippine National Police (PNP) is reconfiguring its offices to pull out policemen and replace them with non-uniformed personnel to intensify deployment on the ground.
‘What we are doing now, we want to bring our policemen on the ground….
MANILA: The Vatican has made ‘no diplomatic overtures’ to the Philippine government over the ongoing push for divorce, its top diplomat said Tuesday.
Vatican’s Secretary for Relations Paul Gallagher said the issue is a ‘pastoral-level’ and is “within…
DUMAGUETE: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set up its Negros Island Region (NIR) regional office here, just 10 months ahead of the mid-term national and local elections in May 2025.
Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano formally assumed his new po…
MANILA: The Holy See is urging all parties in the South China Sea to abide by international law and pursue dialogue as a solution to disputes.
‘The position of the Holy See is quite clear, in such circumstances, such situations of conflict whatever t…
LAOAG: The Ilocos Norte Provincial Nutrition Action Office (PNAO) is holding its first ‘biggest loser’ challenge from July to November to prevent lifestyle diseases, particularly among overweight and obese children and adults.
Provincial nutrition ac…