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Comelec: Garcia not pushing for manual counting in 2028 polls

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday dismissed social media posts claiming that its chairperson, George Garcia, is pushing for manual counting in the 2028 elections to avoid fraud.  Comelec flagged the Facebook posts of certain “Makhina Moto Vlog” and “Meljam DL” with a caption in Filipino that reads, “Comelec Chairman George

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Proposed Bangsamoro polls schedule one step away from becoming law

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed schedule for the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is one step closer to becoming a law after both Houses of Congress ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the bill. The House of Representatives and the Senate separately ratified the bicameral conference report on the disagreeing

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AC Bonifacio gets a ‘Sana all’ moment as BTS’ Jungkook follows her on TikTok

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Filipino-Canadian dancer AC Bonifacio sparked excitement online after revealing that BTS member Jungkook has followed her on TikTok. Bonifacio shared the moment on her Instagram account, posting screenshots of the notification from the social platform. In her caption, she described her reaction as “crying and screaming” upon discovering that her longtime

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Palace: 10kg rice for workers, vulnerable families amid fuel price increases

CEBU, Philippines — The Marcos administration will roll out a rice assistance program granting 10 kilos of rice every other month to middle-class workers and vulnerable families, as part of a package to cushion the impact of rising oil prices, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro said that the assistance will be

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Tuesday’s auction for 11 seized luxury cars did not push through – BOC

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday declared a failed auction for its scheduled public auction of seized 11 luxury cars after no bidders registered for the event, according to the BOC.  The BOC has set a public auction through sealed bidding for the vehicles on Tuesday at 10 a.m. It also

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Villar backs OTP phaseout, eyes stronger digital security with Afasa law

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Mark A. Villar welcomed the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) directive requiring banks and financial institutions to phase out SMS one-time passwords (OTPs) and adopt stronger security measures by 30 June 2026. This is in line with the implementation of the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (Afasa), a law principally sponsored and

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