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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that over 23,000 inmates nationwide will vote for the first time in the May 10 automated elections—with some to vote in special polling places inside detention facilities.

Filipino Americans here remembered the Edsa Revolt of 1986.

Hurricane-force winds, surging seas, and driving rain lashed western Europe on Sunday, leaving at least 53 people dead and more than a million households without power.

Leaders of the House of Representatives on Monday thumbed down a proposal by Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes to give emergency powers to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to address the power crisis in Mindanao.

The Southern Police District on Monday formed a task force to investigate the ambush-slaying of Wilfredo “Boy” Mayor, the whistle-blower who had testified at a Senate inquiry about the involvement of President Macapagal Arroyo’s elder son to jueteng.

The National Power Corporation has assured the public that 30 megawatts of electricity would be added to the grid supplying Mindanao soon.

Chile’s quake toll topped 700 on Sunday as rescuers searched for survivors and the extent of the disaster became clear in coastal areas where giant waves swept away homes, even as the government apologized for failing to issue a tsunami alert.

A powerful new 6.2-magnitude aftershock struck central Chile late Sunday in the wake of a major 8.8-degree earthquake, a US government agency reported.

Over 5,000 naked people braved a chilly morning to join a mass photo shoot at Sydney’s Opera House on Monday, putting a nude twist on the Australian landmark.

Hundreds of senior citizens and their supporters gathered at Mendiola Monday morning, this time not to protest but to celebrate the enactment of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act (Esca) or Republic Act 9994.