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(BusinessWorld) MARTIAL law victims have asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc to reverse a division ruling that allowed the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos to run for president this year.

In separate motions, Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party and the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law said former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr.’s conviction for tax evasion in the 1990s disqualified him from running for public office.

“The respondent’s failure to file his income tax returns was not out of sheer ignorance or innocent neglect,” Akbayan said in a 16-page motion. It added that the crimes involved “moral turpitude.”

The First Division last week junked three consolidated lawsuits seeking to disqualify Mr. Marcos from the presidential race, as it ruled that his failure to file his tax returns in the 1980s did not involve wicked, deviant behavior.

Comelec has six members and one chairman. Its two divisions have three members each. Decisions issued by the two divisions are eventually appealed to the seven-member en banc. The election body only has four members now after its chairman and two members retired this month.

Akbayan said the First Division ruling is void because only two commissioners signed it — Aimee P. Ferolino and Marlon S. Casquejo.

The vote of former First Division Presiding Commissioner Maria Rowena V. Guanzon, who had voted to disqualify Mr. Marcos, was not counted because the ruling came out after she retired… Read More

(Pep.ph) Pumanaw ang beteranong broadcaster at dating press secretary na si Ricardo “Dong” Puno, Jr. ngayong araw ng Martes, Pebrero 15, 2022.

Kinumpirma ng kanyang pamilya ang pagpanaw ni Puno bandang 12:15 kaninang tanghali dahil sa isang karamdaman.

Siya ay 76 taong gulang.

Si Dong ay nagsilbing host sa ilang dekalibreng public affairs programs sa GMA-7, ABS-CBN, at TV5.

Nagsimula ang kanyang TV career sa bakuran ng GMA-7, kung saan siya ang host ng Viewpoint (1984-1994) at Business Today (1990-1994).

Kabilang naman sa mga programa niya sa ABS-CBN ang Dong Puno Live (1995-2005), Dong Puno Tonight (2003), at Insider (2005-2006).

Nanungkulan din siyang senior vice president ng ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs.

Naging bahagi rin siya ng TV5 at Aksyon TV kung saan napanood siya sa mga programang Kalibre 41 (2011), News5 Debates: Hamon Sa Pagbabago (2011-2013), at Dong Puno De Kalibre (2011-2013).

Pansamantalang nilisan ni Dong ang mundo ng telebisyon nang itinalaga siya ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada bilang press secretary taong 2000… Read More

(GoodnewsPilipinas) Singers Olivia Rodrigo, Bruno Mars, H.E.R., Bella Poarch, Saweetie, and Silk Sonic are the musicians of Filipino descent nominated in this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards.

The five proudly Filipino-American artists are among the nominees of the awards which will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in March 2022.

The ninth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards celebrates this year’s most-played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app.

Fans from eligible locations will be able to vote for the winners in the fan-voted categories of the awards. Voting began on January 27 and will end on March 15, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. (PT) for all categories… Read More

(GMA News) Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said there is a need to fix and empower the country’s agriculture and tourism sector.

“Kailangan nating ayusin ang ating agrikultura para may sapat tayo na pagkain para sa lahat at binawasan natin ang importasyon na galing sa labas,” Marcos said on Monday as he wooed Quezon City residents during a campaign rally at the Amoranto Sports Complex.

“Kailangan nating buhayin ang tourism industry para magkaroon uli ng trabaho para maipagmalaki na naman natin ang Pilipinas. Kailangan nating ituloy ang ating infrastructure program. Kailangan nating pagandahin ang ating internet, maraming marami po tayong kailangang gawin,” he added.

Marcos, however, did not specify how he will improve these sectors.

In his message to the crowd, Marcos maintained that unity is the answer for the country’s dilemmas, especially those brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Sa hinaharap nating krisis ang kinakailangan nating unang hakbang na gawin ay magkaisa,” Marcos said.

“Tayo po ay dahan-dahang umaahon sa krisis ng pandemya ngunit kahit na tayo’y makalampas na sa krisis ng pandemya, kailangan pa rin nating harapin ang krisis ng ekonomiya na dala rin ng pandemya,” he added… Read More

(SunStar) THE Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, February 13, 2022, said the Philippines logged 3,050 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases.

Based on the Sunday case bulletin, the new cases increased the nationwide caseload to 3,637,280.

Of the 3,050 cases reported Sunday, 3,010 (99 percent) occurred between January 31 and February 13.

The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 556 or 18 percent, Western Visayas with 367 or 12 percent and Calabarzon with 311 or 10 percent.

The country’s positivity rate decreased but remained high at 11.7 percent among the 31,403 tested on February 11.

The DOH said the country also logged zero deaths in the country due to technical issues in extracting data from COVIDKaya.

“This has been coordinated with the DICT and rest assured that they are currently addressing this issue,” it said.

The death toll remained at 54,930 or a mortality rate of 1.51 percent.

Active cases in the country stood at 881,394 on Sunday, of which 71,994 were mild, 4,546 were asymptomatic, 3,068 were moderate, 1,460 were severe and 326 were critical.

The DOH said the Philippines also logged 5,811 new recoveries, bringing the total to recoveries since the start of the pandemic to 3,500,956… Read More

(BusinessWorld) THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) risks losing its credibility after a delayed ruling allowing the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos to run for president this year, political analysts said.

Last week’s delayed decision by the election body’s First Division does not improve people’s confidence about its independence, Maria Ela L. Atienza, a political science professor from the University of the Philippines, said in a Viber message at the weekend.

“The task of Comelec now is to make sure that it can settle internal issues, work swiftly, diligently and fairly, because the campaign period is in full swing and the elections are approaching,” she added.

In the ruling written by Commissioner Aimee P. Ferolino, Comelec said former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr.’s failure to file tax returns in the 1980s, for which he was convicted a decade later for tax evasion, did not involve wicked, deviant behavior… Read More

(BusinessWorld) THE PHILIPPINE capital and nearby cities are now at low risk from the coronavirus, as the country reported fewer than 5,000 coronavirus infections for the third straight day.

“As predicted two weeks ago, the National Capital Region improved to low risk as of Feb. 9,” OCTA Research Group fellow Fredegusto P. David tweeted late Wednesday.

He said Metro Manila’s coronavirus reproduction number on Feb. 3 to 9 declined to 0.25 from 0.41 a week earlier.

The virus positivity rate in the region has fallen to 9.1% from 15%, which is considered low but still above the 5% threshold set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The average daily attack rate also fell to a moderate 6.67 for 100,000 people from 17.83.

Mr. David said the capital region’s hospital use rate had improved to 29.6% from 37%.

The capital region is under Alert Level 2 until Feb. 15. The government is set to announce the virus alert level before the end of the week.

The Philippines posted 4,575 coronavirus infections on Thursday, bringing the total to 3.63 million, the Department of Health (DoH) said in a bulletin. The death toll from the virus hit 54,783 after 94 more patients died, while recoveries rose by 7,504 to 3.48 million… Read More

(SunStar) PHILIPPINE election officials dismissed on Thursday, February 10, 2022, three more petitions seeking to disqualify former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. from the upcoming May elections in a ruling that removed a major obstacle to his candidacy, which human rights groups oppose.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said the three petitions against Marcos’s candidacy, which were consolidated into one case, were dismissed for lack of merit.

A final case remains pending, and petitioners of six dismissed cases have either appealed or intend to do so in a legal fight that will likely reach the Supreme Court as campaigning continues for the May 9 election.

The election commission rejected claims that Marcos Jr. should be removed from the presidential race and permanently barred from seeking public office due to a 1995 tax conviction and alleged falsehoods in his candidacy papers.

Marcos Jr. welcomed the dismissal of what his camp terms “nuisance petitions” and told the petitioners “to stop spreading lies” about him… Read More