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Voter registrants for 2025 polls top 2.4M - Comelec

Manila, April 30 -- Over 2.4 million Filipinos have already submitted applications as registered voters for the May 2025 midterm polls. Latest data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed t... Read More


BI denies entry to Indian 'lending gang member' for using fake docs

Manila, April 30 -- Immigration officers at the Davao International Airport have barred a 19-year-old Indian national who presented falsified travel documents. In a statement Tuesday, BI Commissioner... Read More


BOC intercepts P3.5-M kush, cannabis-laced vape pens in Pasay

Manila, April 29 -- Customs officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) intercepted over 2.5 kg. of kush or high-grade marijuana and 70 pieces of vape pens containing cannabis oil with a... Read More


BI rescues trafficking victim, nabs escort at Davao airport

Manila, April 29 -- Immigration authorities foiled another human trafficking attempt which led to the rescue of a female victim and the arrest of her escort. In a statement Monday, BI Commissioner No... Read More


DOLE reminds employers of pay rules for Labor Day

MANILA, April 27 -- Workers in the private sector who will be working on May 1 (Labor Day) are entitled to 200 percent of their basic salary. In Labor Advisory 6 issued Thursday, the Department of La... Read More


Central Visayas wage board OKs P500 increase for 'kasambahay'

Manila, April 26 -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Region VII (RTWPB-Central Visayas Region) has approved the increase of the monthly minimum wage of domestic workers (kasamba... Read More


Enrollment of overseas Filipinos' online voting gadgets starts 2025

BUTUAN CITY, April 26 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start in January 2025 the three-month registration period for gadgets that will be used by Filipinos living or working abroad for th... Read More


BI intercepts recruiter, 8 trafficking victims in Pampanga

Manila, April 26 -- The Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Pampanga has intercepted a suspected human trafficker and eight of her victims recruited to work in Israel. In a Friday news release, the BI's im... Read More


Comelec disqualifies Mamba as Cagayan governor

Manila, April 25 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified Manuel Mamba as governor of Cagayan province in relation to the 2022 National and Local Elections (NLE). In a decision relea... Read More


BOC intercepts P29.5-M kush declared as household items from Thailand

Manila, April 25 -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday reported the interception of some PHP29.5 million worth of kush (dried marijuana) inside a shipment from Thailand at the Manila Internationa... Read More