The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is mulling the possibility of authorizing Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan to place specific areas under its direct control and supervision. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia revealed this during the Laging Handa public briefing Monday, April 4. "We...
Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao has renewed his call for the creation of the Department of Water as he expressed concern over the decreasing amount of clean and potable water caused by environmental abuse and overpopulation in the country. During the Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, April 4, that it may announce its decision on the petition of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to be exempted from fund releases ban in place during the campaign period by Thursday this week. Screenshot from PTV...
Political aspirants handing out cash assistance to their constituents supposedly for vote buying purposes in the guise of ayuda (financial aid) during the campaign period will be subjected to legal actions, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año warned on...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) wants participation in debates to be made mandatory in the future. Comelec/MB "The position of Comelec is to push to make it mandatory in future polls. How? We will convince Congress to include in the law requiring candidates, local or national, to attend...
An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged Filipino voters abroad to participate in the overseas voting for the 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "I call on our countrymen abroad. There are 1.6 million of you set to participate in overseas voting. Don't miss this chance to elect a leader...
​Senator Grace Poe on Monday urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board from its decision which prohibits a government office from spending during the elections season. ​Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services...
Poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) called on the youth on Monday, April 4 to refrain from using the term "fake news" to identify false information and instead use other terms such as "misinformation", "disinformation" or "malinformation". Lente Executive Director Ona Caritos...
UniTeam presidential bet Bongbong Marcos would rather make moves to ensure the protection of this votes on election day than engage his rivals in another presidential debate. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Marcos met with a handful of incumbent governors on...
To protect human rights in the Philippines, labor leader and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) presidential candidate Leodegario ‘Ka Leody” De Guzman seeks to end the acts of extrajudicial killing, red-tagging, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), and the...
A mother will bring light to the Filipino nation this coming May elections. This was the closing statement of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, April 3, during the second presidential debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila in Pasay...
Filipinos were once again given a chance to scrutinize the presidential candidates in this year's election as nine aspirants participated again in the debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday, April 3. Screengrab: Comelec Vice President Leni Robredo, Manila Mayor Isko...
