Marikina, Philippines News

More than 100 congressional candidates of the ruling Liberal Party have defeated their opponents in the May 13 elections.

With a total net worth of more than P148.16 million, outgoing Pasig City Mayor Robert Eusebio is the richest among Metro Manila's incumbent local chief executives.

In this undated photo released by Forward Entertainment, Filipino director Borinaga Alix Jr., right, instructs actors on the set of his film "Death March" inside a studio in suburban Marikina, east of Manila, Philippines.

Disenfranchised voters, defective precinct optical scan machines, oversized ballots, and power outages marred voting Monday in polling precincts in parts of Luzon, including Metro Manila, an election watchdog said.

The Eastern Police District Monday said that eight people were arrested in Mandaluyong City for alleged vote buying at around 10:20 a.m. said the eight people were nabbed by members of the Joint Security Assistance Desk of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police at Ilaya Elem School, Brgy.

IT'S THE HOMESTRETCH to the May 13, 2013 midterm elections, and the field personnel of the Commission on Elections are now feeling the pressure of the last of its pre-election preparations.

TODAY is liquor ban Day One as elections are coming near. And it's almost rest days for the candidates as E-Day comes around Monday.

WEDDINGS are a few of most people's favorite things. The grander the wedding and the more prominent or powerful the wedding parties - we are all the more interested and hooked.

Manila Mayoral candidate and former President Joseph Estrada on Saturday revealed some 'horror' experiences of disgruntled city hall employees who related lamentable change in work assignments that left them 'demoralized'. Estrada, who has been holding daily caucuses around Manila said he has talked to Manila city hall employees who are ... (more)

BURNABY, BC, April 30, 2013 /CNW/ - GLENTEL Inc. announced today the opening of the Marikina ALLPHONES store in Manila, Philippines, by its Retail Australia Division, AMT Group Pty, dba ALLPHONES.

IT WILL be more of the same during the 111th celebration of Labor Day as the government is set to hold job fairs while labor groups flock the streets to denounce the government's anti-workers' policy.

MANILA, Philippines Police found the bodies of two suspected victims of a summary execution in an abandoned home in Barangay Tumana, Marikina City Thursday night.