In two weeks, politicians aspiring to become president will file their certificates of candidacy before the Commission on Elections (Comelec), allowing the poll body enough time to print ballots for more than 60 million eligible voters in next May’s political contest.
Rodrigo Duterte faces a life-and-death scenario in next year’s elections.
Palace spokesman Harry Roque said that under new measures approved by the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Metro Manila residents won’t be allowed to go to their provinces if their purpose was leisure.
“Magandang gabi sa inyo mga kababayan ko, mga Pilipino (Good evening to all Filipinos),” President Duterte said in the video, which Go said he was taking on their way back to the Philippines.
The New Clark City (NCC) Athletics Stadium and Aquatic Center in Capas, Tarlac, the sports venues of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, have been certified as “Class 1” facilities by the International Athletics Association Federation (IAAF) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA)