The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reset the start of the printing of the official ballots for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections on Thursday due to various technical factors. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the start of the printing has been rescheduled from Wednesday to Thursday. “The printing committee, taking into consideration various technical factors, has moved the start of printing to a date yet to be announced,” he said in a statement. “Tentative start of ballot printing is tomorrow, January 20, 2022.” He assured the rescheduling won’t affect the preparations for this year’s polls. “The committee
Pampanga – A former rebel of the dismantled communist guerrilla front Kilusang Larangang Gerilya-Sierra Madre (KLG-SM) of the New People’s Army (NPA) has surrendered and yielded his firearm and ammunition to government troops in Dipaculao, Aurora. In a statement on Wednesday, Maj. Gen. Andrew Costelo, acting commander of the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom), said Berboy Calara Aviendo surrendered to Joint Task Force Kaugnay’s 91st Infantry Battalion on Monday night and yielded his firearm the following day in Barangay Calaocan. Costelo said the firearm surrendered was an M14 rifle, along with a magazine for M14, and nine rounds of ammunition, which
No Filipino casualties have so far been reported following the violent eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. The volcano, which lies between the islands of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai, erupted last Saturday, triggering tsunamis and wave alerts in several parts of the globe. “As of 18 January, the Philippine Embassy in Wellington has received no reports of casualties or injuries in the Filipino community in Tonga and Samoa,” the DFA said in a statement. The Embassy received information from the Association of Filipinos in Tonga Inc. “that every Filipino citizen
Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc on Wednesday told villages in the province that they will be given PHP200,000 assistance if they will put up a community garden and an eco-park to promote health and wellness, food security, and solid waste management. Manotoc announced this on his visit to some of the remotest barangays of Surong Valley in Vintar town such as Isic-isic, Dagupan, Sto. Tomas, San Jose, and Cabayo for the continuing distribution of food packs and PHP1,000 cash assistance to village front-liners. “We have prepared PHP200,000 each for every barangay to have their own park. Just apply for
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in Eastern Visayas sent more than 200 chainsaws to areas badly hit by Typhoon Odette to hasten the clearing of debris. Most of the motorized saws were deployed in the 18 towns and Maasin City in Southern Leyte and some parts of Leyte, 100 were sent to the Caraga Region, and 20 in Cebu province. “We allowed local government units to borrow the chainsaws used during the post-‘Yolanda’ clearing to fast-track the removal of debris and process these fallen trees into lumber to help rebuild damaged houses,” said PCA Eastern Visayas regional manager Joel Pilapil
Two guerrillas of thebCommunist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion (79IB) in Negros Occidental on January 15 after 10 years in the armed struggle. The 79IB identified the surrenderers as alias “Bruno”, 30, and alias “Mary”, 29, political instructor and education staff, respectively, of the dismantled Northern Negros Front (NNF), Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros Cebu Bohol Siquijor (KR-NCBS). 1Lt. Dansan Camua, civil-military operations officer of the 79IB, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Wednesday both are now in their custody while they are processing the documents to avail of the benefits under
