The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), began the canvassing of overseas absentee votes (OAVs) Wednesday evening as transmissions throughout the country continued to come in at a snail’s pace.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. is considering to ask President Benigno Aquino for a diplomatic post in Eastern Europe should he resign from the poll body.
Senatorial candidates Ernesto Maceda and Loren Legarda said Wednesday that they wanted higher fines for damages caused to Tubbataha Reef so that it could serve as a deterrent to all ships.
Overseas absentee voting in South Korea will continue despite the heightened tension on the Korean peninsula, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday.
More Filipinos have been charged by the Malaysian government for allegedly being part of the intrusion in the disputed territory of Sabah by supporters of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, Malaysian media reported.
The Philippines has been granted consular access to the eight members of the Sulu Sultanate’s “royal army” who are now facing charges in a Malaysian court.
The German Labor and Social Affairs Minister, Dr. Ursula von der Leyen, came to the Philippines Monday to witness the signing of an agreement allowing Filipino health care professionals to work in Germany.
A scuffle broke out during a rally at the Malaysian Embassy Thursday as protesters tried to smear the embassy’s seal with red paint to symbolize the blood of Filipinos spilled in the Sabah conflict.
Protesters rallied in front of the Malaysian Embassy Thursday calling on the government to end the violence in Sabah that has, so far, claimed the lives of over 50 people.
Malaysia on Wednesday categorically denied the alleged human rights abuses committed by its security forces against Filipinos in Sabah, saying that their security forces have been complying with the law.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Tuesday that 14 Filipino seafarers held hostage by Somali pirates in an oil tanker have been released after 10 months of detention.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday called for more help to raise the blood money needed for Joselito Zapanta, an overseas Filipino worker in Saudi Arabia, as President Benigno Aquino III has sent a letter asking for an extension of the deadline.
