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MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be holding mock polls in several places in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao on December 29 in preparation for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections. "We will have an end-to-end demonstration of the whole process. We will test on how accurate, true and secure the (voting) process," Comelec Deputy Executive Director for Operations Teofisto Elnas Jr. said in an online forum conducted by election watchdog group National Citizens for Fre...

VAX SITE. Residents wait for their turn to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Monday morning at the dedicated vaccination site in Barangay Lagao gym in General Santos City. The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force against Covid-19 in Soccsksargen has deployed teams in various localities to monitor the conduct of the three-day mass vaccination campaign. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force against coronavirus diseas...

The polls to be held next year in 63 barangays in North Cotabato will be held manually and only cover national candidates, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).  Comelec Deputy Executive Director for Operations (DEDO) Teopisto E. Elnas Jr. said they will implement the special scheme in the said areas, which…

Trial Court Starting Wednesday, Dec. 1, all trial courts in areas under COVID-19 Alert Levels 1 and 2, like those in the National Capital Region (NCR), should have at least 75 percent of all officials and personnel or full workforce in their offices Monday to Friday. Those in areas under Alert

2021 FOI CHAMPION. Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Roberto Uy receives a plaque from PCOO Undersecretary and Freedom of Information-Project Management Office Program Director Kristian Ablan during the 2021 FOI Awards at Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu City on Thursday night (Nov. 25, 2021). The DOE has been chosen as the 2021 FOI Champion Department Award for its exceptional or significant contribution to the FOI programs, progress and development. (Screengrab from RTVM video) CEBU CITY - T...

NEW BARANGAY HALL. The remote village of Balubo in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao receives on Thursday (Nov. 25, 2021) its modern two-story barangay hall from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) government. Ministry of the Interior and Local Government-BARMM Minister Naguib Sinarimbo (inset, 4th from left) led the ribbon-cutting and turnover ceremony of the PHP3.5-million barangay building to the village officials. (Photo courtesy of MILG-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A remo...

Dr. Edvir Jane Montaner, Department of Health-Region 12 immunization coordinator (PNA GenSan photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The Department of Health (DOH) and rural health units (RHUs) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) are all set for the upcoming three-day national vaccination campaign for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that aims to cover some 935,688 individuals. Dr. Edvir Jane Montaner, the DOH-12 immunization coordinator, said on Friday they have already finalized the necessary preparations in c...

By Edwin Fernandez COTABATO CITY—Senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and people with comorbidities will get relief aid from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) if they avail themselves of jabs during the three-day nationwide vaccination drive. The national government has set the Covid-19 vaccination drive dubbed “Bayanihan,…

COTABATO CITY – A construction worker resting on a hammock inside his roadside home in Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao died when a wayward passenger van plowed through several homes made of light materials in the area on Wednesday noon. Rajah Buayan Mayor Jack Ampatuan said the man was asleep in a hammoc

In support for its efforts to get back on its feet in bringing tuberculosis (TB) care to its constituents, the City Government of Valenzuela gets equipment