MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday thanked the international observers for acknowledging the recently concluded national and local elections. “We really are very thankful...
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday reported that 88 percent out of 84,358 individuals who participated in the local absentee voting (LAV) in this year’s...
MANILA – The results of the overseas absentee voting would be finalized within the week, the Department of Foreign Affairs -Overseas Voting Secretariat (DFA-OVS) said Wednesday. In...
MANILA – Malacañang on Wednesday welcomed what is expected to be the Philippines’ highest voter turnout despite restrictions posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Acting presidential...
MANILA – The Chinese government congratulated the “leading candidates” in the recently held May 9 polls, extending the greetings to the country for the “smooth” conduct of...
MANILA – Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte promised an intensified public service from her administration after she was reelected in the May 9 national and local elections....
MANILA – The United States government said it would renew its “special partnership” with the Philippines and work with the next administration on human rights and regional...
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a catastrophic blow to Canada’s charitable and non-profit sector. Representing almost nine per cent of the country’s GDP and employing over...
Japan is proposing to double its defence budget to around £86 billion, or 2% of its GDP. This move – like recent pledges by Germany to...
More than two years after a deadly strain of coronavirus was first identified in the central city of Wuhan, China remains locked in a COVID crisis....