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1 week ago | 
inquirer.net | Jerome Aning |Julie M. Aurelio
MANILA, Philippines — While Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair George Garcia said he partly supports a “hybrid,” or mixed, manual and automated election, there is no legal basis nor funds for such a proposal. “The present legal regime does not allow a hybridized approach, and the budget was given to Comelec [by Congress] only for full automation and not hybridized election,” Garcia said at the weekend.
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3 weeks ago | 
plus.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio |Jerome Aning
As the 45-day campaign period for local candidates began on Friday, Malacañang reminded bets to abide by the law in their campaigns during the usually colorful and sometimes deadly elections. “You will be the future leaders, so you should be at the forefront of following the law,” Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary and Palace press officer Claire Castro said.
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2 months ago | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Jerome Aning |Julie M. Aurelio
MANILA, Philippines — Top officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) appear to disagree on what to do with the Edsa busway. In a Malacañang press briefing on Wednesday, MMDA Chair Romando Artes said the government was considering a program to remove the busway once the capacity of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3), which also runs on Edsa, is expanded.
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2 months ago | 
inquirer.net | Jerome Aning |TIna Santos |Tina G. Santos
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is seeking P2.5 billion to fund the holding of a separate schedule for the parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
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2 months ago | 
plus.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio |Jerome Aning
Top officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) appear to disagree on what to do with the Edsa busway. In a Malacañang press briefing on Wednesday, MMDA Chair Romando Artes said the government was considering a program to remove the busway once the capacity of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3), which also runs on Edsa, is expanded.
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2 months ago | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Alden M. Monzon |Jeannette Andrade |Jerome Aning
MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed on Wednesday that the House of Representatives would speed up deliberations on a bill raising the daily minimum wage, saying it should strike a balance between the workers’ needs and employers’ interests.
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2 months ago | 
plus.inquirer.net | Jeannette Andrade |Jerome Aning |Alden M. Monzon
Workers may see an increase in their minimum daily wage by as much as P200 — if the House makes good on its promise to speed up deliberations on a legislated hike following a meeting between House and labor leaders. Speaker Romualdez stresses the urgency of a meaningful wage adjustment, citing the continuing increase in the cost of essential goods and services.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
inquirer.net | Frances Mangosing |Jerome Aning
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Wednesday warned candidates in the May 12 elections that it would file charges against those caught using text blasting machines. Secretary Ivan John Uy reminded candidates that text blast machines were illegal, unlicensed and covered by the regulations of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
plus.inquirer.net | Frances Mangosing |Jerome Aning
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Wednesday warned candidates in the May 12 elections that it would file charges against those caught using text blasting machines. Secretary Ivan John Uy reminded candidates that text blast machines were illegal, unlicensed and covered by the regulations of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). The campaign period for senatorial candidates and party list groups will be from Feb.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
plus.inquirer.net | Jerome Aning
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will accommodate three more local candidates who secured temporary restraining orders (TROs) from the Supreme Court, which stayed their disqualifications. “We have yet to resume our printing, so we have no problem complying with the Supreme Court injunctive writs at this point for local positions,” Comelec Chair George Garcia told reporters in a Viber message.
