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Credit to Author: Rhodina Villanueva| Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

The Commission on Elections said the poll body will start working on the ballot face templates to be used in the different areas of the country for the May 2025 national and local polls.

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

President Marcos seeks increased collaboration with the World Health Organization in improving the country’s health system after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overseas Filipino workers and their families who trooped to the SM Mall of Asia to attend Go Negosyo’s Balik-Bayan Summit 2024 last Dec. 7 went home with cash and prizes totaling P3 million given by Go Negosyo, its sponsors and President Marcos and the Office of the First Lady.

Credit to Author: Janvic Mateo| Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Philippine embassy officials may soon recommend the easing of the government’s travel advisory to Israel if the ceasefire with militant group Hezbollah holds up and the situation does not deteriorate, a top diplomat told The STAR.

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

The Philippines is eyeing future tie ups with Chile in agriculture, specifically cacao cultivation and processing, President Marcos said on Friday as he welcomed Chilean Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren at Malacañang.

Credit to Author: Jose Rodel Clapano| Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

With only nine session days left before the Christmas break, lawmakers would have to work on a tight schedule to process the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte.

Credit to Author: Janvic Mateo| Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Following what officials described as a “dramatic” decrease in threat levels, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has appealed to foreign governments to consider “fine-tuning” their travel restrictions to the country.

Credit to Author: Jose Rodel Clapano| Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Aside from “Mary Grace Piattos,” 677 names on the list of recipients of the confidential funds of Vice President Sara Duterte would have to be verified by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Credit to Author: Mark Ernest Villeza| Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Former Malacañang press secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles appeared before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) yesterday, after being summoned to provide information regarding alleged threats made by Vice President Sara Duterte during a press conference last Nov. 23.

Credit to Author: Michael Punongbayan| Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

For the fifth time this year, warships of the Philippine Navy, United States military and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) sailed the high seas together within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) yesterday.