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Month: August 2024

Dinagat residents mourn passing of former guv Glenda Ecleo

BUTUAN CITY: Dinagat Islands residents are mourning the passing of former governor and lawmaker Glenda Ecleo on Sunday night.

She was 87.

Ecleo and her husband, Ruben Ecleo Sr., founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association Inc. (PBMAI)…

Nearly 694K voters erased as Comelec cleanses list for next polls

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deleted almost 694,000 registered voters to cleanse the voters’ list ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

Based on its data released on Monday, the poll body said a total of 693,558 registered vote…

Rains over most of PH on Heroes Day due to ‘habagat’

MANILA: The southwest monsoon (habagat) will bring rains over most parts of the country on National Heroes’ Day, the last day of the long weekend.

In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin Monday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service…

Comelec firm on Oct. 1-8 COC filing period for 2025 polls

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) stood firm on its decision to maintain the scheduled period of filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the 2025 midterm polls set from Oct. 1 to 8.

Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia opposed t…

PBBM honors farmers, workers, teachers on Heroes Day

MANILA: As the nation observes National Heroes Day on Monday, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. paid tribute to farmers, workers, teachers, healthcare workers, civil servants, and citizens, whom he dubbed the country’s ‘unsung heroes’.

‘Today, we pay…