MANILA, Philippines — Bangsamoro Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua has been proclaimed winner of the parliamentary elections in Maguindanao del Norte’s 3rd District. Macacua’s victory was announced by the Provincial Board of Canvassers on Tuesday afternoon.  According to election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting’s data server as of 3:51 p.m., Macacua received 37,162 votes

MANILA – The Chinese research vessel spotted at Bajo de Masinloc, or Scarborough Shoal, in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) for as long as 28 days showed no signs of conducting drilling operations, a ranking Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) official said Tuesday. “On the Chinese research vessel that was spotted for 25 (to)

MANILA – Malacañang on Tuesday said the government won’t automatically allocate additional funds for the expanded Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (Uplift) program due to projected higher oil prices, with any funding increase to depend on the actual needs and requests of implementing agencies. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) would assess

MANILA, Philippines — House prosecutors will trace the source of the P33.35-million increase in Vice President Sara Duterte’s declared net worth from 2021 to 2025, prosecution counsel and spokesperson Benjamin Tolosa Jr. said in a press conference at Tuesday’s impeachment trial proceedings. Then, he added, the prosecutors will find out whether the amount can be accounted

VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — About 2,000 city government employees, local officials, and supporters gave Vice President Sara Duterte a roaring, phone-waving welcome as she arrived at past 2 p.m. here on Tuesday, greeted by chants of “Duterte!”, “Duterte!” at the city gymnasium. Delegates from Malaybalay City, Don Carlos, and Pangantucan joined the local workforce to

MANILA, Philippines — The removal of the 12-percent value-added tax on allowable system loss charges in electricity will provide direct relief to consumers, Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III said in a statement on Monday thanking President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and concerned government agencies for acting quickly to bring down power costs. “Every peso we can

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed that appearing to be intoxicated, among other circumstantial evidence, is not enough to convict someone for violating the election liquor ban. In a 14-page decision promulgated on July 7, 2026, and made public on Tuesday, the SC’s Third Division acquitted petitioner Mcgill Esquillo Omandam, who had

The 43 year old had wounds to her neck, face and arm and had been dead about three days. Her bedroom was bolted from outside and the front door from inside.

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Women Celebrities are increasingly owning the narratives lately by speaking up and taking their own stand when they are subjected to public scrutiny. The entire discourse around Akanksha Chamola recently is one such example regardless of her being right or wrong.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) marked a historic milestone for the peace process, but the exercise was “severely undermined by systemic disenfranchisement, technical blunders, and a heavy military presence that sparked a climate of fear,” an election observer group reported. In its