All upcoming national and local candidates in the upcoming May 2022 elections should lay out their plans for climate adaptation and mitigation, senatorial candidate and House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda said. House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda “I urge all my fellow candidates, from the national...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and running mate, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (Lakas-CMD Media) Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio have dominated a presidential-vice-presidential voter preference survey conducted by the...
The Ecumenical Bishops Forum is endorsing presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo and her tandem Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan in the May 2022 polls. Photo EBF The group also endorsed 12 individuals for senator namely: Neri Colmenares, Sonny Matula, Elmer ”Bong” Labog, Chel...
Senators are throwing their support on proposals seeking to exempt from income tax all election honoraria and allowances of persons rendering services during elections. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, author of Senate Bill No. 1193, said public school teachers who are required to render poll duties during...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, April 21, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to promote voter education and information in Higher Education Institutions. Screenshot/Comelec FB Held at the Comelec office in Intramuros, Manila, the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is deeply humbled and extremely honored to get the support of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) saying the endorsement from the country’s provincial executives will provide a big boost in his re-election bid. “This endorsement coming from the...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma On Feb. 25, 2014, the 28th anniversary of the triumph of People Power at EDSA, my esteemed friend Conrad de Quiros wrote a column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer in which he raised the question, “Can an EDSA still happen today?” De Quiros has since been sidelined by a...
The printing of the voter information sheet (VIS) for the May 2022 polls has been completed. Comelec/MB Data released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed that the printing of VIS in the different regions has been completed as of April 13. Majority of the VIS are compliant with the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday appealed to law enforcement authorities to verify if reports of a destabilization plot during and after the May 2022 elections are true, saying it is important to heed President Duterte’s call for a fair and peaceful national and local elections next...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 19 told a Senate committee that it has decided to withhold a P90-million payment for the services to Smartmatic, its automated elections technology provider, whose data were allegedly breached as the May 9, 2022 election approaches. Appearing...
The National Bureau of investigation (NBI) is convinced that the former contractual employee did not act alone in the alleged data breaching of a technology firm, Smartmatic, a software provider on contract with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). NBI Cybercrime Division Chief Victor Lorenzo...
With the campaign period for the May 9 elections nearing the homestretch, it is not too late for candidates to show respect for the Filipino voters, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, April 18 said. ‘’Respect for one another, respect for the election process, and most...
