Philippines – A division of the Commission on Elections excused the exclusion petitions against official hopeful Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., getting the previous representative free from two additional suits impeding his bid to the Malacañang. The Comelec’s First Division on Thursday proclaimed its goal denying the solidified petitions for preclusion documented by Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party and the Campaign Against …

A Makati court has excused the cyberlibel charge against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa after financial specialist Wilfredo Keng, private complainant, moved for the excusal of the case. In a one-page request on Tuesday, the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 conceded the Manifestation with Motion recorded by private investigators of Keng, under the oversight of Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Victor …