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The Department of Foreign Affairs has recalled for “consultations" Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto after a video of his wife went viral, openly supporting a presidential candidate and chiding Filipino workers to “flirt” with their employers if they were not allowed to go out to vote. “The DFA…

MANILA - To prove it is serious in prohibiting its officers and staff here and abroad from engaging in partisan political activities, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has instructed one of its envoys to go home following his wife's perceived violation of rules. Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto's wife, Jo, was reported to have encouraged the Philippine community in an online meeting to vote while wearing a red shirt bearing the initials of a presidential candidate...

Petitioners seeking to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in the May 2022 polls on Friday, March 4, asked the Commission on Election (Comelec) to resolve the case that they filed as soon as possible. Copy of the urgent motion "Petitioners implore the Honorable Comm

(File photo) MANILA - An election lawyer on Friday said Catholic priests are not liable for any election offense if they endorse a particular candidate in the May national and local elections. Lawyer Romulo Macalintal said the previous provision in the Omnibus Election Code that prohibits priests from doing the same has been already repealed by Republic Act 7890, which was passed in 1994. "There is no election offense if a priest or bishop campaigns or endorses a candidate. So the question ...

NOTE: This report is a sidebar to the monitor, “Media highlight candidates’ campaign sorties (1st Report on the TV Coverage of Elections 2022)&

Catholic priests won’t be committing any election offense if they endorse a particular candidate in the May 2022 polls, according to poll lawyer Romulo Macalintal. Photo courtesy Romulo Macalintal Macalintal said this after some quarters questioned the move of some priests to endorse a particula

A taxi driver was arrested by the police after walking along a street in Caloocan City while holding a gun on Tuesday evening, March 2. Lt. Col. Jay Dimaandal, Northern Police District (NPD) Special Operations Unit (DSOU) chief, identified the suspect as Christian Villota, 35, a resident of Baranga

TOL Views As a principle and state policy, the 1987 Constitution declared the Philippines as a democratic and Republic State, in which sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them. The United Nations Human Rights Council, in its Resolution 19/36, explained th

AMID THE COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign period for the May 9 elections started last February 8. The official candidate list of Commission on Elections

THE RUN-UP to the general elections has drawn  religious leaders into the political fray, with some openly supporting certain candidates.  In