Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday called on Congress to convene the joint congressional oversight committee (JCOC) at the soonest time possible to discuss mechanisms on how to prevent a failure of elections from happening in the upcoming May 2022 polls. Last week, Marcos, who heads the Senate Committee...
Malacañang is leaving it to the ruling party PDP-Laban to decide its next step after its petition to reopen the filing of the certificate of candidacy (COC) for the national elections was rejected. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from the Cabinet Secretariat Facebook page) Cabinet...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s headquarters in Mandaluyong City will resume its operations on Monday, Jan. 17, following a two-week closure due to detection of COVID-19 infections among its staff members. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos Jr.'s spokesman, said Sunday that there...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology's (DICT) top official tasked its cybersecurity bureau on Wednesday, Jan. 12 to conduct a separate investigation on the alleged hacking of the Commission on Elections' (COMELEC) servers. (DICT / MANILA BULLETIN) Acting Secretary Emmanuel...
CAVITE – Governor Jonvic Remulla believes that Caviteños will support presidential aspirant and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in the upcoming presidential elections. "Ayaw ko na sana makihalo ngunit dahil sa isang deleted survey ko sa Twitter na sadyang pinag-iinitan ngayon...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received a total of 223 applications for exemption from the gun ban in effect since the beginning of the election period, it said on Wednesday, Jan. 12. Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) conduct random inspections on motorist passing through...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sheriff Abas dismissed the report that the poll body's server was breached, compromising voter's sensitive information. Comelec/MB A Manila Bulletin (MB) report was published on Jan. 10 stating that group of hackers allegedly breached Comelec's servers and...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Jan. 11, agreed with the a riders’ group in pushing for the Motorcycle Taxi Law and the Philippine Road Safety Institute bill if she wins in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) Robredo held a consultative dialogue...
Just like in the 2016 polls, Vice President Leni Robredo said that her critics are once more conditioning the mind of the public through their “trolls” to believe that there will be massive cheating in the upcoming May elections after groups alleged that her camp is behind the hacking of the...
Malacañang admitted Tuesday, Jan. 11, that it is "concerned" by the reported hacking of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) servers just a few months ahead of the May 2022 polls. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) "We will await any update to be pronounced by Comelec regarding this ‘no," Cabinet...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) removed a presidential aspirant from its tentative list of candidates on Tuesday, Jan. 11. Comelec/MB Independent presidential bet Gerald Arcega was removed from the updated tentative list of candidates of the Comelec for the upcoming May 2022 national and...
Two senators on Tuesday said they find it imperative for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to improve its online defenses and protect it from any possible security breaches especially in the run up to the May 2022 elections. Senators Risa Hontiveros and Panfilo “Ping” Lacson made the call...
