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Instead of providing genuine representation for marginalized sectors, the party-list system has become a tool for political clans to remain in power.

Incumbent Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan (PDP-Laban) is assured of yet another three-year term as no one dared run against him in the scheduled May 9 2022 Philippine national and local elections in this  Muslim dominated province

Political leaders in the southern province of Sulu have given their support to President Rodrigo Duterte ahead of the elections next year

House OKs bill lowering height requirement for cops Edu Punay © The STAR/File photo House OKs bill lowering height requirement for cops MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has passed a measure seeking to lower the minimum height requirement for police officers. In session on Tuesday night, a total of 203 lawmakers approved on third and final reading House Bill 8261 that revises the height requirement for applicants in the Philippine National Police and other agencies under the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Nobody voted against the measure...

Published on: Saturday, December 12, 2020 By: PNA Text Size: Gapay (right) meets with local officials and religious leaders in Sulu at the Provincial Capital on Thursday. SULU: The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) believes that Islam is a religion of peace, its chief said. General Gilbert Gapay made this remark following a meeting with Sulu local government officials and religious leaders in Sumadja Hall, Provincial Capitol Thursday. “We in the Armed Forces of the Philippines, kaming mga kasundaluhan (we the military), believe that Islam is a religion that espouses peace above all matt...