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The Supreme Court, convened as a whole yesterday, gave presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. 15 days to submit his comment on a petition filed by a group of martial law victims seeking a temporary restraining order on the canvassing of his votes and his proclamation as 17th president.

At least three senators will be slugging it out for the post of Senate president, who should be elected before the 19th Congress opens its first regular session on July 25.

The Philippine National Police yesterday urged people planning to hold protest rallies over the outcome of the elections to respect the decision of the majority and allow a smooth transition to the next administration.

The Commission on Elections en banc yesterday affirmed the dismissal of the disqualification cases filed against presidential frontrunner former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. due to his tax conviction.

The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan faction composed of President Duterte’s allies and the UniTeam of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will join forces in campaign rallies.

Senatorial aspirant and former public works secretary Mark Villar has vowed to push for the continuation and completion of the 49.82-kilometer Bacolod-Negros Occidental Economic Highway project if he wins a seat in the Senate.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government has issued notices to a number of politicians to explain their side over allegations of vote buying.

President Duterte has urged Filipinos not to vote for party-list groups that he claimed are supporting communist rebels who seek to overthrow the government.

A law should be created to give more teeth to the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) of the Philippine National Police to cleanse the PNP of scalawags, according to senatorial candidate and former PNP chief Guillermo Eleazar.

Partido Reporma standard bearer Sen. Panfilo Lacson and his running mate Senate President Vicente Sotto III yesterday deplored a plan of the Commission on Elections to provide presidential candidates the topics and questions that will be raised during the upcoming debates organized by the poll body.