Day: September 8, 2024

Manila: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is expecting at least half a million aspirants during the 2025 midterm elections and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary polls. Comelec chair George Garcia said Sunday that over 18,000 national and local posts will be up for grabs during the twin elections on May 12. ‘With 18,271 positions to be filled up, easily we can have 500,000 aspirants in the 2025 national and local elections and Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections,’ he said in a Viber message to reporters on Sunday. For national positions, to be contested are 12 senatorial seats, 63 for

BAGUIO CITY – First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos on Sunday led the ceremonial opening to the public of the Presidential Museum in Baguio City’s Mansion House which is seen to further boost local tourism and economy. A part of the Malacañang Heritage Mansions, the new Baguio museum, like the Teus Museum at Malacañan Palace in Manila, houses a vast collection of memorabilia, including presidential attire, footwear, flags and busts sculpted in the likeness of former leaders. The museum is open Tuesdays to Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., for free. Walk-ins are welcome, but booking the visits through Malacañang Heritage

DUMAGUETE CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has issued a red tide warning to the public following positive laboratory results of paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) in shellfish collected from Bais Bay in Bais City, Negros Oriental. In its warning dated Sept. 6 and posted on its Facebook page on Saturday, the BFAR-Negros Oriental said shellfish samples collected and analyzed by the regional fisheries laboratory last Aug. 12 tested positive for PSP using the lateral flow immunochromatographic and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method. PSP can cause serious illnesses in humans who consume shellfish contaminated with toxins due to

Manila: The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said six new economic zones with initial project costs of over PHP5 billion are awaiting presidential proclamations. The ecozones are two in Cavite province and one each in the provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac, Ilocos Sur, and Cebu, PEZA said in a statement Sunday. The planned economic zones include an Infornation Technology Park, three manufacturing zones, and two expansion of existing manufacturing zones. Data from PEZA showed that the Marcos administration has already proclaimed 22 ecozones, which injected initial investments totaling over PHP5 billion. This year alone, 11 ecozones, including new and for expansio,

Manila: The Philippine National Police (PNP) assured that it can safely transport dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo from Camp Crame in Quezon City to the Senate in Pasay City on Monday. Guo will resume appearance before the continuing investigation into illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said Sunday that they have coordinated with the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms on Friday, after Tarlac Regional Trial Court Branch 109 permitted Guo to attend the hearing, as requested by Senator Risa Hontiveros. The security convoy will leave the PNP custodial center at 8 a.m. Fajardo said Guo would be