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Foreign election interference is becoming a “more common” concern in many countries, the head of the European Union Election Observation Mission said yesterday, underscoring that the EU EOM would closely monitor interference, trolling and disinformation to influence the upcoming Philippine vote.

The Commission on Elections has granted the Department of Agriculture (DA)’s request for its P20-a-kilo rice project to be exempted from the election ban.

Vice President Sara Duterte and her siblings will go full force in campaigning for the senatorial candidates of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), the political party of her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte.

Alarmed by reports of China’s interference in the upcoming midterm elections, President Marcos has ordered authorities to conduct a deeper probe into the matter, Malacañang said yesterday.

Special elections will not be conducted in areas in Negros Occidental affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano, according to the office of the provincial election supervisor.