The mayor of the southern city of Talisay was the first among the aspirants in next year’s elections to file his certificate of candidacy (COC) in Cebu province as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) opened Friday the week-long (October 1–8) COC filing period. The three offices of the Comelec here – at the Capitol compound, Cebu City South and Cebu City North – ensured observance of strict health and safety protocols against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) among their personnel and those filing their COCs. Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. filed his COC for congressman of Cebu province’s 1st District at

The month-long Zamboanga Hermosa Festival kicked off on Friday, with an opening program highlighting the inauguration of a leisure park at the rehabilitated Paseo del Mar. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said the Paseo del Mar facilities feature a newly designed open stage, a children’s playground, and a skate park, which she hopes would be a place for families to bond under the new normal. “Our plan is to vaccinate more people so that in the future when our Covid cases are down and we are able to reach herd immunity, we can adapt to new normal activities that will allow

Mayor Leah Marie Moral-Romano of Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte, has expressed her gratitude to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for spurring peace and economic development in her town for the past five years. “It is our honor that we are chosen among the many local government units. I did not refuse because I took that as a chance to give thanks to the President for the development he brought to our town,” she told Philippine News Agency (PNA) in an interview Thursday afternoon during the Hugpong ng Pagbabago political alliance oathtaking ceremony for local executives in adjacent Carmen, Davao

Two aspirants for city mayor and their respective party members have filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) Friday for the 2022 national and local elections with limited fanfare amid the prevailing health pandemic. Mayoral aspirants Celso Lobregat, former mayor and congressman of this city, and incumbent Vice Mayor Rommel Agan showed up at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively, at the satellite registration and COC filing center in the east wing of the KCC Mall de Zamboanga. Before proceeding to the center, Lobregat and his party members first attended an early morning mass at the Our Lady of the Pillar

President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the National Housing Authority (NHA) to relocate the indigenous peoples (IP) communities residing within the Crow Valley in Capas, Tarlac. In his taped Talk to the People delivered Thursday night but aired Friday morning, Duterte told NHA General Manager Marcelino Escalada Jr. to ensure that IPs will be given decent houses that are “far” from the Crow Valley. “I have a problem somewhere in Tarlac. Ito ‘yung mga IP na within military area na adto, may mga IP diyan, about 300 plus something (There are about over 300 IPs within the military area). Kinakailangan kong

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental on Friday reported a low turnout on the first day of the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) by aspirants for the May 9, 2022 polls. Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Eddie Aba, in an interview, said Antonio Remollo, who is running for councilor in this capital city, and Jed Goñi, who is also seeking a seat in the city council in Bais City, were the only ones who have filed their COCs as of this writing. Not one for provincial-level positions and the House of Representatives has filed yet, he said. Aba