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SECOND WIN. Afril Bernardino escapes two Thai defenders in this basketball action won by the Philippines, 97-81, in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam on Wednesday (May 18, 2022). Bernardino scored 20 points for the Philippines' second straight win. (Photo courtesy of Team Philippines) HANOI - Heroines came in abandon as the Philippine women's squad whipped rival Thailand 97-81, Wednesday for its second straight win in women's basketball of the 31st Southeast Asian Game...

(PNA file photo) MANILA - The government's counter-insurgency Barangay Development Program (BDP) will continue even amid this year's national and local polls. Monico Batle, director of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), said the anti-insurgency task force has sought exemption from the ban on public spending under the Commission on Election (Comelec) Resolution No. 10747. "Hindi po titigil yung implementation ng projects dahil po nag-request na...

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez (File photo) MANILA - An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said it is unlikely that the May 2022 elections on a national scale can be cancelled if the Covid-19 pandemic worsens. "Unlikely because when we say we cancel elections that means the conditions for free and fair elections don't exist," Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a press conference. "When you have a surge that is not the case. People have to b...