Google map of Pinan municipality, Zamboanga del Norte. ZAMBOANGA CITY - An election officer was killed while her assistant escaped unharmed in a drive-by shooting in Zamboanga del Norte's town of Pinan, a police official said Friday. Maj. Shellamie Chang, the Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, said Marcicel Peralta died instantaneously after being shot by a motorcycle-riding gunman around 8:42 p.m. Thursday in Barangay Lapu-Lapu, Pinan. Peralta, 45, is the election officer of Mutia, Zamboanga del Norte. Marites Inding, 52, Mutia's assistant election officer, was unhurt during the incident. Chang said Peralta was driving a car with Inding as her passenger when shot by a motorcycle-riding assailant who overtook them upon reaching a bridge in Barangay Lapu-Lapu. Peralta and Inding were on the way home to Dapitan City and Dipolog City, respectively, at the time of the incident. Authorities are investigating the incident. Meanwhile, the Commission on Ele
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House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta (File photo) MANILA - House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta has backed out of the May 9, 2022 senatorial race. In a press statement, Marcoleta said he decided to drop his senatorial bid following his "poor" rating in pre-election surveys. "The fighter in me should also be brave enough to read the writings on the wall," Marcoleta said. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in a recent one-on-one interview with Marcoleta, revealed that he was one of the people who lobbied the lawmaker to run for senator. During the President's Chatroom aired on state-run PTV-4 on April 9, Duterte praised Marcoleta for being a "principled man, extremely honest and a [man] with integrity." Duterte also lauded Marcoleta for being the most vocal legislator opposing the franchise renewal bid of local media giant ABS-CBN Corp. Marcoleta thanked Duterte for the "positive and generous endorsement" of his candidacy for senator. He also e
(File photo) MANILA - The government will hold special vaccination days in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to address the low vaccination rate in the region, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday. "Mababa pa yung vaccination rate lalo na yung areas ng BARMM, Regions 12 (Soccsksargen), 7 (Central Visayas), medyo mababa pa yung vaccination rate diyan. So talagang sabay ito yung ginagawa natin both monitoring the violations on the election campaign and at the same time sa health protocols (The vaccination rate is still low, especially in the areas of BARMM, Regions 12, 7, the vaccination rate is still relatively low there. So this is really what we are doing both monitoring the violations on the election campaign and at the same time on health protocols)," Ano told reporters during the joint press conference of DILG, Commission on Elections (Comelec), and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Camp Crame. He said
DOE SecretaryAlfonso Cusi (Presidential photo) MANILA - The Department of Energy (DOE) supports the extension of work-from-home arrangement and the proposal for a compressed work week to conserve oil consumption amid the non-stop fuel price hikes. "We also support 'yong panukala na four-day work week at palawigin natin ang work-from-home at maiwasan ang pagbiyahe ng ating mga mamamayan (We also support the proposal for a four-day work week and the extension of work-from-home set up for the public to avoid traveling)," DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi said during President Rodrigo Duterte's Talk to the People aired Wednesday. Adopting a four-day work week was a recommendation from Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua during the same meeting. This proposal aims to alleviate work-related expenses, such as fuel and transport, for the general population. Since Metro Manila was placed under Alert Level 1 at the start of the month, the government has encouraged thos
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