Unless a disqualification case would be filed against a party-list group, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, March 30 their privileges to participate in the party-list system should be respected. (AFP FILE / MB file photo) In an interview, Commissioner George Irwin Garcia told...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Aimee Ferolino will head the task force on vote buying. Comelec/MB Commissioner George Garcia revealed this information Wednesday, March 30, after attending their en Banc meeting. "Commissioner Ferolino will call for a meeting with the task force,...
Kontra Daya said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should ensure that the master list of voters is up-to-date. Kontra Daya The poll watchdog group issued the call after the Comelec expressed concerns over the continued presence of deceased individuals in the voters list. Kontra Daya also issued...
LAGUNA – Gov. Ramil L. Hernandez appealed to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow the distribution of financial aid under the provincial government's Assistance to Individual in Crisis Situation (AICS) program amid the campaign period. Photo from Gov. Ramil L. Hernandez' Facebook...
The public must expect more clashes of wits and passions during the second PiliPinas Debates 2022 for presidential candidates this coming Sunday, April 3, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said. This, as the commissioner told the media that the format of the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said more areas will soon also have peace covenants for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said the areas set to have peace covenants are Zamboanga City, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, General Santos City, Maguindanao, and Cotabato...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said more areas will soon also have peace covenants for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said the areas set to have peace covenants are Zamboanga City, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, General Santos City, Maguindanao, and Cotabato...
They are entitled to their opinion. Thus said vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III to calls by elections watchdog ‘Kontra Daya’ that he and Senators Imee Marcos, Panfilo M. Lacson, Emmanuel Pacquiao and Francis Pangilinan inhibit themselves from participating in an...
The names of people who have died due to Covid-19 and other causes may still be on the voters’ list in the upcoming 2022 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. In an interview with GMA 7, Comelec Spokesperson James B. Jimenez said some names of people who are already deceased might...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will allow the early distribution of poll supplies and paraphernalia to concerned electoral boards (EBs) ahead of the May 9, 2022 polls. Comelec/MB In Resolution No. 10775, the Comelec said the concerned Provincial Election Supervisor; Election Officers of the...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – A Chinese national was accosted after disregarding a Comelec checkpoint in Barangay Palico II on March 27. According to Imus City Police Station (CPS), Yuanyi Zhang ignored the checkpoint and fled, prompting the authorities to chase after him. Photo from Imus City Police...
There are more male candidates running unopposed in the May 2022 local polls than females. Data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed that of the 832 unopposed candidates at the local level, 645 or 77.52 percent are males. Unopposed female candidates, on the other hand, total 187 or...
