Day: February 13, 2025

Quezon City: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has successfully printed approximately 27 million official ballots since initiating the reprinting process in late January. Chairperson George Erwin Garcia announced that this number represents 37 percent of the total 72,107,420 official ballots required for the upcoming May 12 elections. According to Philippines News Agency, Garcia provided an update during a press briefing at Amoranto Sports Complex in Quezon City, stating, “As far as ballot printing is concerned, we are so far so good. We have been exceeding our daily target of ballots to be printed.” Garcia further estimated that the entire ballot

Manila: Several Americans with records of convictions as sex offenders in their country have been barred from entering the country last month, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Thursday. According to Philippines News Agency, Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado stated that five of the passengers were excluded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) while one was intercepted at the Mactan airport in Cebu. “They were denied entry by our immigration officers upon discovering that they are among the thousands of registered sex offenders (RSOs) who are in our database,” Viado said. He emphasized that this move aligns with President Ferdinand

Manila: Several Americans with records of convictions as sex offenders in their country have been barred from entering the country last month, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Thursday. According to Philippines News Agency, Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado stated that five of the passengers were excluded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) while one was intercepted at the Mactan airport in Cebu. “They were denied entry by our immigration officers upon discovering that they are among the thousands of registered sex offenders (RSOs) who are in our database,” Viado said. He emphasized that this move aligns with President Ferdinand