The first day of the local absentee voting for the May 2022 polls was generally peaceful, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said Wednesday, April 27. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan casting his vote for the local absentee voting on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at the session hall of the poll...
Following the arrest of three alleged hackers promising candidates of a sure win in the upcoming polls, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Wednesday, April 27, warned candidates of such rampant scams during the election season. (DICT) Undersecretary...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Wednesday, April 27, asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to suspend its online Precinct Finder, saying it is causing confusion among voters and it may lead to massive disfranchisement. Romulo Macalintal "I think its time to suspend the use of this. I...
Palace hopeful and survey frontrunner Bongbong Marcos considers his controversial loss in the 2016 vice presidential race as all part of God's greater plans rom him. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and his May 2022 Palace race rival, Vice President Leni Robredo (Photos from Lakas-CMD...
The Igorot Warriors International, Inc. (IWI), a party-list composed of members of cultural minorities in the country, can no longer participate in the upcoming May 2022 polls. MB file photo This is despite the Supreme Court's reversal of Comelec's ruling as it allowed the registration and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping to resolve the issue regarding the two factions of PDP-Laban before coming out with the resolution on the dominant majority and minority parties. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said this on Tuesday, April 26, the day when the poll body...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 26, placed six municipalities in Maguindanao, and one city and one municipality in Lanao del Sur under Comelec control. Comelec/MB In a statement, Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan said the Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rey E. Bulay believes that there was “lack of wisdom or something questionable” in the process of the poll body’s debates deal with Impact Hub Manila. (Photo courtesy of Comelec) “I agree, I agree with you, definitely,” he answered when asked...
Educating the public on election-related concerns should be the focus of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), not warnings, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said on Tuesday, April 26. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) "There are election laws and processes in place to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping that the arrested three alleged members of a hacker’s group promising sure victory to candidates in exchange for money will name their other accomplices. Comelec/MB The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center or CICC said it has arrested...
In the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) initial discussion with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that that the "taped as live" approach will be adopted for its interview set for the vice presidential and presidential candidates. MB file...
A number of complaints of violations of the ban on hiring and transferring of personnel in the civil service during the election period has been received by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Law Department. Comelec/MB In a statement on Tuesday, April 26, the Comelec Law Department said one such...
