After the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) en banc session on Wednesday, April 6, the poll body announced the creation of Task Force Kontra Fake News. Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said the task force was created to “make a point” and eliminate any attempt by anyone to destroy the...
A total of 2,345 individuals were arrested while 13,895 firearms were surrendered as of April 5 with the election campaign period heating up, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. In a press briefing with the President on Tuesday night, April 5, Año...
PASAHERO Party-list is urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to “promptly and favorably” act on the request of the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to exempt the distribution public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers' fuel subsidy from the election public spending...
Ronnie Dayan, the co-accused in cases filed by the Department of Justice against Sen. Leila de Lima, has refuted the statement of presidential candidate and Sen. Manny Pacquiao that he received and delivered money that allegedly came from illegal drug trading at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in...
Independent presidential candidate Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has questioned the suspension of fuel subsidies to public utility vehicle (PUV) operators and drivers by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) during the election period from March 25 to May 8. Without a legal...
Senator Joel Villanueva has called as "oppressive" the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) spending ban on government offices as members of various industries are in need of subsidies due to increasing oil price hike. Villanueva on Tuesday urged the poll body to suspend its moratorium on the Land...
Two formal complaints have been lodged before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) so far in relation to vote buying, according to Commissioner George Erwin Garcia. MB file photo He made the statement on Tuesday, April 5, as Koalisyong Novalenyo Kontra Korapsyon and Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan ng...
Malacañang on Tuesday, April 5, maintained that detained Senator Leila De Lima was not denied the right to due process. Senator Leila De Lima (FILE PHOTO) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar issued the statement after some of the presidential bets for the May 2022 elections said that due...
Days before the start of the month-long overseas voting, Philippine posts abroad have started conducting the Final Testing and Sealing (FTS) of the vote counting machines. Comelec/MB These Philippine embassies and consulates that have conducted or set to conduct the FTS are the following: Bangkok...
Individuals spreading false information about the poll body thus destroying the integrity of the electoral process will be prosecuted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), it said on Monday, April 4. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (Photo courtesy of Comelec FB) During the Laging...
The distribution of fuel subsidies for drivers and operators of public utility vehicles has been suspended in compliance with the order of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) announced on Monday, April 4. The LTFRB is referring to...
The Bayan Muna Party-list has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to punish presidential and vice presidential candidates who skip debates hosted by the poll body. Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate (Photo from Bayan Muna) "As a constitutionally constituted body, we submit that it...
