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Teachers serving as board of election inspectors spend an extra day on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, wrapping up their task at North Fairview Elementary School in Quezon City after vote-counting machines and secure digital (SD) cards malfunctioned in many precincts on Election Day. (File photo by NIÑO JESUS ORBETA / Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines — Some teachers’ … [Read more...] about Extra pay for teachers on poll duty pushed

Ferdinand Marcos Jr is set to become President of the Philippines and Sara Duterte, the daughter of the current President, Rodrigo Duterte, is set to become Vice President. Foreign investors are expected to resort to a wait-and-see approach since the President-elect has not made his economic policies clear. The Immediate challenges facing Marcos Jr include the Philippines’ high … [Read more...] about What a Ferdinand Marcos Jr Presidency Will Mean for Foreign Investors in Philippines

Facade of the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame. Image from pnp.gov.ph website MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. appointed the former area commander of the Eastern Visayas PNP as new Chief of the Directorial Staff, one of the key positions in the police organization. PNP’s Public Information Office (PNP-PIO) on … [Read more...] about PNP’s former Eastern Mindanao commander is now chief of directorial staff

MANILA, Philippines — The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPRCV) received a total of 66,574 physical election returns (ERs), or 61.77 percent of the total returns, as of Monday afternoon. These ERs will be used by the poll watchdog to verify if they match the electronic results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) transparency server. In an update, the … [Read more...] about Physical ERs received by PPCRV now at 61%

A German woman who had been missing for 7 days, has now been found. 75 year old tourist Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange was found safe in the สิรินาถ National Park along the northern west coast of Phuket. Last week it was reported that the lady had headed off for a morning walk from her hotel in Mai Khao. From last Wednesday, when it became clear that she had gone … [Read more...] about Thailand News Today | Thai parents fear vaccine side effects on children