The Freeman - May 11, 2025
The Freeman - May 11, 2025
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In this issue
May 11, 2025
Comelec flags surge in vote buying
Just a day before polling precincts open for the 2025 National and Local Elections, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has observed a surge in vote-buying activities in the country.
2 mins
11 nabbed for 'smuggling' over P441M cash at MCIA
Authorities arrested 11 individuals including nine foreigners and two Filipinos on Friday evening for allegedly attempting to smuggle out close to half a billion pesos through the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA).
1 min
Garcia sues Ombudsman
FOR VIOLATION OF OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE
3 mins
Comelec flags surge in vote buying
\"Starting yesterday, there was an increase in vote-buying and in attempts of vote-buying,\" COMELEC Chairman George Garcia said in an interview on Saturday.
1 min
DQ filed against Cordova Mayor Suan
For alleged massive vote buying in 13 barangays in Cordova, Cebu, a petition to disqualify from running for office has been filed against incumbent and reelectionist Mayor Cesar Suan and eight others.
2 mins
Comelec urged: Continue “Oplan Baklas”
The Cebu Electricity Rights Advocates (CERA) has called on the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to rigorously implement \"Operation Baklas,\" a campaign aimed at removing illegally posted election materials, citing risks to the region's electricity grid stability ahead of the May 12 national elections.
1 min
Group calls for clean election, literally
An environmental watchdog group urged both national and local candidates to comply with Republic Act No. 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, and keep the polls \"basura-free with the conduct of mid-term elections tomorrow, May 12, 2025.
1 min
Teachers, poll workers to get P2,000 pay hike for 2025 polls
Teachers and other poll workers serving in the May 12 national and local elections will receive a P2,000 across-the-board pay increase, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s approval of the compensation adjustment.
1 min
Mandaue dengue cases increase by 10%
COMPARED TO JAN-MAY 2024 PERIOD
2 mins
PNP chief visits Cebu for poll prep confab
The chief of Philippine National Police, Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil, visited the Police Regional Office-7 the other day to lead a command conference to assess and strengthen security preparations for the upcoming 2025 midterm national and local elections.
1 min
CBCP, Cardinal David disown fake letter endorsing candidates
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday, May 10, debunked a letter circulating online that falsely claims the organization and its president, Kalookan Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, have endorsed specific candidates for the 2025 midterm elections.
1 min
DSWD: Gains of anti-hunger efforts
DROP IN SELF-RATED POVERTY
1 min
More lessons to be learned
It has happened yet again, another road rage incident.
1 min
Exclusionary and unwelcoming
Recently, I had a very interesting discussion with one of my closest friends who is very active within the Filipino community in the New York area.
2 mins
Erwin Tulfo doesn't deserve my vote
In the earliest days of my serving Cebu City as a councilor more than three decades ago, a learned gentleman ascribed me to an unflattering word.
2 mins
GLOBAL ICONS LAND IN CEBU:
Discover these must-have lifestyle brands only at SM
2 mins
Celebrating Mothers Around the World
In many parts of the world, the second Sunday of May is special because of Mother's Day.
3 mins
FIND HAPPINESS IN THE NOW, HOWEVER YOU CAN
While I was browsing social media on my phone one morning, I came by this post by a friend that stuck me: “There was a man who was so preoccupied about what tomorrow may bring, not knowing that the next day would be his last.”
2 mins
MAMA VIC, YOU'RE THE BEST
I’m Hobi, one of her fur-babies.
2 mins
Lessons from mom that shaped their motherhood journeys
For Mother's Day, these personalities shared to The FREEMAN their own relationships with their moms, and the advice that shaped their own journeys into motherhood:
4 mins
'Delaying tactics' slammed
Families of victims of extrajudicial killings (EJK) under the Duterte administration continue to seek justice, as a lawyer accused former President Rodrigo Duterte’s camp of stalling the International Criminal Court (ICC) proceedings.
1 min
US and China meet in bid to 'de-escalate' trade war
Senior US and Chinese officials met in Geneva on Saturday in a bid to de-escalate a trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff rollout and fuelled by Beijing’s strong retaliation.
3 mins
US judge temporarily blocks Trump plans for mass layoffs
A US judge has temporarily blocked several federal agencies from proceeding with the mass layoffs of government workers ordered by President Donald Trump in February.
1 min
India, Pakistan launch multiple attacks as US warns against 'miscalculation'
Pakistan launched counterattacks against India Saturday after three of its air bases were struck overnight, and as the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors spiraled towards a full-blown war that sparked calls against “miscalculation”.
2 mins
Mitchell magic as Cavs down Pacers, Nuggets silence Thunder in overtime
Donovan Mitchell scored 43 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a crucial 126-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers as the Denver Nuggets beat Oklahoma City in an overtime thriller.
1 min
Meralco fends off NorthPort, TNT routs Terrafirma
Meralco simply refused to give up, clawing back from 15 points down then capitalizing on NorthPort’s bungled free throws at the finish to snatch a 105-104 win in the PBA Philippine Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City on Friday night.
1 min
The Freeman Newspaper Description:
Publisher: Philstar Daily Inc.
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Daily
Founded in 1919, The Freeman - "fair and fearless" - is the oldest and most respected local newspaper in Cebu, or the "Queen City of the South". It is published daily in English and is also circulated in other major cities in the Visayas region, which is one of the country's major economic hubs. No one knows Cebu better than The Freeman.
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