Politics

Lebanon’s president denies claims about delaying parliamentary elections

BEIRUT - Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Saturday, Jan. 29, denied claims about a possible delay in parliamentary elections following former Prime Minister Saad Hariri's decision to step away from politics, a statement by Lebanon's Presidency said.

Mattarella re-elected as Italy’s president with wide majority

ROME - Italian President Sergio Mattarella was elected to a second term, Lower House Speaker Roberto Fico announced late Saturday (Jan. 29), after the parliament gathered in a joint session and concluded its eighth round of voting.

A statement on the demise of the Hon. Roberto R. Romulo

The Department of Foreign Affairs condoles with the family of former DFA Secretary Roberto R. Romulo who passed away last January 23.

Comelec junks petition seeking to cancel Marcos’ certificate of candidacy

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division on Monday (Jan. 17) dismissed the petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy of Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos.

Statement of Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on the latest IATF recommendations, Jan. 9, 2022

In view of the increasing hospital care utilization rate, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) Sub-Technical Working Group (sTWG) on Data Analytics has recommended the following to the National Task Force (NTF) Health Facilities Sub-Cluster:

DBCC Joint Statement on the Surge of COVID-19 Cases

The Development Budget Coordination Committee is closely monitoring the impact of the elevated number of COVID-19 cases, especially in the National Capital Region (NCR) and its neighboring provinces.  We estimate that the...

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