Category: General

Manila: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will file an election offense case for material misrepresentation against former Bamban mayor Alice Guo early next week. In an interview Wednesday, Comelec chair George Erwin Garcia said their law department has not received any answer from Guo regarding the complaint against her. “The Comelec will be filing the information in the RTC (regional trial court) in Tarlac. This means that we will formally charge her with misrepresentation, violation of the Election Code,” he said. He noted that they will be pursuing the case despite the dismissed mayor already facing several other cases. “The

Manila: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday assured President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. that the agency has enough stockpiles of family food packs (FFPs) in its hubs, spokes, and last mile warehouses across all regions for augmentation to local government units (LGUs) affected by the onslaught of Tropical Storm Kristine. ‘Mr. President, we’re back to the 2-million mark, this is the pre-national stockpile…the identified regions have very high stockpiles. Region 1 (Ilocos Region) has 93,836; Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has 109,353; Region 3 (Central Luzon) has 170,352; 4-A (Calabarzon) has 101,429; 4-B (Mimaropa) 101,371,’

Manila: The funds that Sulu will get for 2025 are still included in the proposed budget earmarked for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said Wednesday. ‘The Bangsamoro government is also working on their budget now. At napag-usapan po (And we discussed) during our IGRB (Intergovernmental Relations Body) meeting that the funding for 2025 for Sulu will still be part of their budget,’ she said during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay. Pangandaman said the national and BARMM governments had agreed to continue providing a budget to Sulu until the Supreme Court (SC) makes a

Manila: A total of 20 road sections across the country remain impassable due to flooding brought by Tropical Storm (TS) Kristine, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported Wednesday. The consolidated report by the DPWH Bureau of Maintenance (BOM) as of 6 a.m. said the figure includes 15 road sections in Bicol, four in Eastern Visayas and one in Calabarzon. The closures are attributed to various causes, including collapsed detour roads, flooding, landslides, fallen trees, and rockslides. Heavy rains and strong winds brought by Kristine have hampered the ongoing clearing operations along the Sibuyan Circumferential Road in Romblon

The Social Security System (SSS) served notices to seven establishments in Iloilo to comply with the contributions of their employees as part of the Run After Contribution Evaders (RACE) activity on Tuesday. In an interview on Wednesday, Amiel Genova, senior communications analyst at SSS Visayas West 2 Division, said the pre-selected establishments were reminded of their obligation under the Social Security Act of 2018, where employers should be compliant in paying the contribution of their workers. The total delinquency of the establishments engaged in spa, food, laundry, and clinic businesses totaled over PHP489.6 million. ‘We gave them notice to coordinate