The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi successfully conducted a consular outreach mission and mobile voting for the 2022 elections in Seychelles on April 17, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Photos from the Philippine Embassy in Nairobi and the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles,...
The May 2022 polls is already proving itself to be a notable juncture that will go down in the country's history as it is evident with the initial turnout of votes overseas, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). A 20-year-old first-time voter is visibly excited as she waits for her...
Suffrage is a right by citizens and even Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are not excluded from this, giving them every right to be able to cast their vote in the May 2022 elections. Photo by Noel Pabalate According Section 1of Article V of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, as long as you're not...
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...
Caloocan City mayoral candidate and District 1 Rep. Dale “Along” Malapitan on Tuesday, April 19, thanked President Duterte for endorsing him and his Team Aksyon at Malasakit for the upcoming May 9 elections. Duterte formally endorsed the team during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has denied the petition for disqualification filed by the group Pudno Nga Ilokano against presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the last remaining disqualification case pending against him at the division level. Presidential...
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...
Less than three weeks before the May elections, President Duterte hopes that the public will consider voting for his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, who is running for vice president. President Rodrigo Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (File photos) Duterte made this appeal...
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...
