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More than four months have passed since Congress ratified in haste the proposed "Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act" or the vape bill, but the measure's final copy has yet to reach Malacañang for President Rodrigo Duterte to either sign or veto it, or to let it lapse into law after 30 days from submission.

It is a first in our election history.

Threats to the practice of journalism will always be around. The best weapon against these threats is ethical and diligent practice of the profession.

Former PCGG Commissioner Ruben Carranza ties Marcos Sr.'s Australian connection with Swiss bank accounts.

The British Broadcasting Corporation, in a 2014 reportage, said that a group of artworks were seized from Imelda Marcos by order of the court. Among these was a painting that art experts and connoisseurs worldwide recognize as Pablo Picasso’s Femme Couchée VI (Reclining Woman).

When he assumes the presidency, Marcos Jr. and his spokesperson cannot simply turn away or completely ignore questions that demand transparency and accountability.

One of the most incredible lies that went the rounds this election, shared in a thousand or more algorithms on social media, was that Leni Robredo cheated Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the 2016 vice presidential race.

For the first time I am voting in my father’s hometown. And as I write this I am inside the Alaminos Central Elementary School, one in over a few hundreds of registered residents who have come out to exercise our most sacred right to vote.

Political wounds may take time to heal completely, but the process should begin slowly soon after the votes are counted.

The 1986 political campaign of Cory Aquino was propelled by widespread indignation at the assassination of her husband, Ninoy, and the belief that a clique within the Marcos government had planned it.

Peddling the lies about deuterium have served the purpose of the Marcos family which has been clawing their way back into power over the last three decades.

For the indigenous women, this election is a battle for life, dignity, and the defense of the land.