Special election to replace Kiko Barzaga's seat set on August 29

The special election in Cavite’s 4th District is scheduled on August 29, 2026, the Commission on Elections announced this week.

This will fill the vacant seat at the House of Representatives after the expulsion of former representative Francisco 'Kiko' Barzaga Jr. on June 2, 2026. Barzaga was expelled for disorderly behavior, conduct unbecoming of a member, and violations of the House's Code of Conduct. 

According to Malacañang, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has sufficient funds to conduct a special election in Cavite. Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said the Department of Budget and Management informed the Palace that the poll body may use its existing funds for the electoral exercise.

Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia said, meanwhile, said that the poll body would need some P200 million for the holding of the special election

The Comelec also set the certificate of candidacy (CoC) filing period for the special polls on July 15 to 17, 2026 while the election period will start on July 30.

“We intend to be able to proclaim the winning member of the House of Representatives the morning after the election of August 29. So, more or less August 30, early hours, we want to make the proclamation,” Garcia said.

Dasmariñas City is a 1st-class component city in Cavite. It has a population of 703,141 as of the 2020 Census, and a land area of 90.13 square kilometers. It is composed of 75 barangay and has 432,844 registered voters, based on the 2025 elections.

DENR to Davao City Mayor Duterte: Explain waste dumping at regional office

DENR asks Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte ‘to clarify’ waste dumping in front of its regional office. The environment department is also suing owner of Mitsubishi Xpander used to transport and unload waste at their office.

“We are clarifying how these incidents came about and reiterating the importance of proper waste handling and compliance with established procedures,” DENR regional executive director Mercedes Dumagan said Monday, June 15.

Good morning! John here from Liveable Cities. We are currently on our way to the Sarangani Provincial Capitol to learn more about the situation in the province after the June 8 Mindanao earthquake. Our recent visit to General Santos City led us to Sitio Datal Salvan in Barangay San Jose where we learned that residents, mostly farmers, had lost almost all of their harvest as landslides buried their croplands.

If you remember, some students filed for a temporary environmental protection order (before a Manila RTC branch) against the tree-cutting in Manila. Here's San Miguel Corporations's defense. TEPO cannot be issued against SALEX tree-cutting because the expressway is a public-private partnership project (as per PPP law.) https://www.rappler.com/philippines/salex-tree-cutting-exempt-protection-order-san-miguel-corporation-lawyer/

When I checked, only the Supreme Court can such. Let me know your thoughts!

Rappler Recap: Thousands need housing aid in quake-hit Glan, Sarangani

Over 200 residents in Barangay Poblacion in Glan, Sarangani, have received aid to rebuild their homes destroyed by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake last June 8.

It’s just the first batch of the over 13,000 people seeking housing assistance in Glan.

Meanwhile, many locals still have to stay outside their damaged homes amid an overfilled tent city in the barangay.

Jelo Mantaring reports.

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Groups renewed opposition to the proposed revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) and nuclear energy development in the Philippines. It is the anniversary of the 1985 people’s strike against the BNPP. Photos from Nuclear/Coal-Free Bataan Movement

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake jolts Davao Occidental @here

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit Balut Island in Sarangani, Davao Occidental, at 7:34 pm on Friday, June 26.

Some areas hit by the June 8 magnitude 7.8 Mindanao earthquake felt Friday’s tremor.

Tondo locals urge CHR probe into alleged human rights abuses due to proposed WTE facility

Residents of Smokey Mountain and other parts of Tondo, Manila, called on the Commission on Human Rights to conduct an independent investigation into the alleged human rights abuses that result from the development of a waste-to-energy plant in the former dumpsite.

Locals report harassment and demolition. The WTE facility is a project by construction firm R-II Builders Inc, led by businessman Reghis Romero II. Before going to CHR headquarters, the residents held a protest outside R-II Builders’ office in Diliman, Quezon City, and the main office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY: INC rally prompts temporary closure of White Plains Avenue in Quezon City

The MMDA said White Plains Avenue in Quezon City, both eastbound and westbound, was temporarily closed to traffic as of 5:15 am on Tuesday, June 30, due to an ongoing rally of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC).

As of 5:40 am, the tail end of the rally had reached EDSA–Reliance on the northbound lane and the EDSA–Kamuning Flyover on the southbound lane, according to the MMDA. here

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has started towing illegally parked vehicles along EDSA near White Plains in Quezon City, where an Iglesia ni Cristo rally is ongoing.

Due to heavy traffic, the MMDA also temporarily opened a portion of the EDSA Busway to private vehicles.