THE COMELEC office in Intramuros, Manila — PATRICK ROQUETHE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified Albay Governor Noel E. Rosal from this year’s elections for approving cash aid to tricycle drivers in April, when there was a spending ban. In a 12-page resolution on Sept. 19,

REUTERSCONGRESSMEN on Monday approved on third reading a bill that will require the registration of subscriber identity modules (SIM) cards to prevent mobile phone scams. Voting 250-6 with one abstention, the chamber approved House Bill 14, or the proposed Subscriber Identity Module Card Registration Act. Under the

TAIWAN wants the Philippines to back its bid for inclusion in global discussions including those in the United Nations (UN), as world leaders gather in the US for an annual meeting. In a statement, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines Representative Peiyung Hsu said

PHILIPPINE budget planners on Monday said it rejected funding for a learning program for persons with special needs because the Education department failed to document it. While DepEd had proposed to retain the P523-million funding for the special education program (SPED), it did not provide sufficient

PEOPLE gather to pay respects to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II following her death, in London, Britain, Sept. 15. — REUTERSPRESIDENTIAL sister Maria Irene Celestina Marcos-Araneta was set to represent the Philippines during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. She was accompanied by her

PHOTO BY MIKE GONZALEZTHE SENATE on Monday backed a budget increase for the Judiciary, citing the need to fund its digitization and modernization efforts. “The budget of the Judiciary should really be increased,” Senator Raffy T. Tulfo said in mixed English and Filipino at a hearing.

THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said it would start printing ballots for village and youth council elections amid a proposal to postpone these, according to its chairman. “We’ve already submitted the ballot template to the National Printing Office and the office is supposed to

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASTHE HOUSE of Representatives labor committee on Monday approved a measure that seeks to protect the rights of freelance workers and ensure they work under humane conditions.  Consolidated House Bill 615 directs the employer and freelance worker to sign a hiring contract. Pangasinan Rep.

MISAELBACANIUP.EDU.PHTHE HOUSE committee on higher and technical education on Monday approved separate bills that seek to rationalize local state universities and colleges (LUCs) and banning their “no permit, no exam” policy. Party-list Representatives Yedda Marie K. Romualdez and Jude A. Acidre filed the bill seeking to achieve

NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION PHOTO RELEASETHE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said many irrigation projects are currently unattractive for public-private partnership (PPP) financing because of the low likelihood of earning commercial returns, but added that it is considering ways to raise the return on investment (RoI) for