MANILA, Philippine - President Benigno Aquino III declared on Wednesday that May 13, 2013 is officially a special public non-working holiday, giving way to the upcoming local and national midterm elections.

Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said in a statement that Proclamation No. 571, signed on Tuesday, is to "enable the Filipino people to exercise their right to suffrage."

"We enjoin all eligible to use this non-working holiday to participate in the electoral process that forms the bedrock of our democracy," Lacierda said.

NAGA CITY – A Chinese mining company operating in Camarines Norte has declared losses amounting to 4 million pesos after communist rebels burned heavy equipment and forcibly took the firearms of its security guards.

According to reports made available during the weekend, the rebels attacked a mining site in barangay Napaod, Labo, Camarines Norte and burned two dump trucks and two pay loaders owned by BUHAY-TAP Mining International, a company registered in the People’s Republic of China.

GMA News TV's production team recreates a typhoon, the flooding of the municipal hall and a series of dramatic rescues in the powerful conclusion of its 1st Original Series Bayan Ko.

We welcome the Supreme Court status quo ante order, which lifted the airtime limits of political ads imposed by COMELEC Resolution No. 9615 or the Rules and Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9006.

We maintain that the cheapest and most effective way of informing the public about the qualifications of the candidates, and issues involving them during elections, is through the medium of radio and television.

MANILA, Philippines - For Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, dealing with a “leaking” eye is tougher than being confronted with a negative WikiLeaks report about his only son. Making light of the WikiLeaks report linking his son Jack to a decades-old homicide case, Enrile said blood leaking from his right eye had hampered his sight and made him skip a campaign sortie yesterday with senatorial candidates of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), which include his congressman son.

LONDON (Xinhua) - British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her spokesman announced Monday.

The spokesman Lord Bell said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning."

Baroness Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the post, renowned for the nickname of "Iron Lady" worldwide.

MANILA, April 8, 2013— A coalition of the country’s largest Catholic groups is trying to muster millions of votes for senatorial bets who oppose the contraceptive law Congress passed last year.

He is behind the famous perfume line ‘Afficionado’ and is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country. As a child, he dreamed big and he owes his success to his strong determination to succeed. He has a house made of gold, palace-like mansions, a troop of bodyguards, and several businesses. But Joel still gives time to philanthropic works in many charitable institutions.

In the Philippines , parents usually take advantage of the two-month summer vacation to have their boys circumcised. According to the doctors, it is important for such surgery to be conducted in either a hospital or a clinic to prevent any kind of infection. This Saturday, Pinoy MD shows viewers how a number of doctors exhibit Serbisyong Totoo via a medical mission that offers free circumcision.

The much awaited ending of the Pinoy adaptation of Temptation of Wife finally happens on GMA Telebabad as the series airs its final and tension-filled episode that will keep viewers glued until the last scene tomorrow, April 5.