Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — The Integrated Bar of the Philippines will provide free legal aid to Comelec officials and voters in for the elections in all its chapters across the country. The national organization of lawyers, Commission on Elections and Legal…

A few more days before election day and at this point, most of us have chosen our candidates. I for one can’t wait to cast my vote after holding my breath for so long and the excitement is through the roof. Seriously speaking, however, I have for a ver…

This a case about a judgment based on a Compromise Agreement which has become final and executory. The issue raised here is whether said decision can still be questioned or reopened if it is erroneous? This is the case of Marina. Marina and her decease…

After President Rodrigo Duterte announced the end of Pagcor sponsored e-sabong, Senator Francis Tolentino drew his sword of influence by asking the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to order all e-wallet and electronic banking firms, specifically GCash and P…

If you describe a situation as a “catch-22,” you mean it is an impossible situation because you cannot do one thing until you do another thing. But you cannot do the second thing until you do the first thing. There are other idiomatic expressions and r…

Huge sums will change hands these next few days. As campaigning ends, national candidates will deliver bags of cash to local counterparts. The latter’s task is retail cheating. A P1,000-bill or two will be given to the voter with instuctions on which n…

So, is the boxing match all but over? Tapos na ba ang boksing? If the surveys prove accurate, it is. But it looks like certain groups are gearing for sustained battles beyond the elections, for accountability, an end to lies and disinformation, good go…

There will be no COVID vaccination at polling centers on election day. But the coronavirus is still around, so isolation areas will reportedly be set aside for voters with high temperature or other symptoms of illness. As COVID-infected people can be a…

There would’ve been a heavyweight in the Philippine boxing team at the Hanoi SEA Games but ABAP secretary-general Marcus Manalo held back in enlisting Ormoc City southpaw Wendell Dagle until he proves himself ready for international action. Lightheavyw…

MANILA, Philippines — Three years after their golden performance at home, Filipino athletes return to action today, competing in the early hostilities ahead of the formal opening of the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. The football and bea…