After about two months of investigation and various denials from different concerned agencies, lawmakers on Thursday, March 17 confirmed that there was "indeed a security breach" in the operations of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) service contractor, Smartmatic. Senator Imee Marcos,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 2 (DILG-R2) has joined a webinar to address the concerns of the public and government agencies for the May 9 elections. Dubbed as “TAYO sa 2022 (Taking Action, Yielding to Objective Results in the 2022 Elections), it aims to...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Thursday, March 17, expressed elation over Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) decision to allow random sampling of ballots which have been printed without the presence of candidates’ observers. (Screenshot taken from Macalintal’s FB Live) On March 15,...
Newly appointed Commissioner George Garcia is now part of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division. Comelec/MB Garcia will join Commissioners Marlon Casquejo (presiding) and Rey Bulay (member). Commissioner Aimee Neri, on the other hand, will be part of the First Division which is...
Candidates running for local positions in the Municipality of Pateros in Metro Manila gathered on March 17 for the peace covenant signing for the May 9 national and local elections. The signing was held at the San Roque Parish Church in Pateros and led by the Commission on Elections (Comelec),...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has approved the recalibrated rules for campaigning under the new normal. Comelec/MB "Recalibrated rules for campaigning under the new normal approved," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said Wednesday, March 16, after attending their en Banc meeting. "No more...
The Halalang Marangal 2022 wants the printed official ballots subjected to a 100 percent audit by qualified auditors. Halalang Marangal FB The group said this alarmed that the printing was done without the presence of accredited observers nor citizens’ arms groups. "We see this issue on the...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia will head the Debate Committee of the poll body. Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec FB) The poll official revealed this on Wednesday, March 16. "I am calling for a meeting of the Debate committee today as the new commissioner in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, March 16 that it has scheduled the testing of the ballots and vote counting machines (VCMs) for the upcoming May 2022 elections next week. Comelec/MANILA BULLETIN file photo Comelec commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that they will direct...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año has rejected and denounced the call of a retired Army general for a revolutionary government. "Such remarks are reckless and careless, especially at this time when the country will soon hold elections for a new set of...
Presidential candidate and survey frontrunner Bongbong Marcos expounded Wednesday, March 16 on his reservations about joining debates ahead of the May 2022 polls. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Lakas-CMD Media) Speaking in the Kapihan sa Manila Bay news forum, Marcos was confounded with...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday, March 16 said President Duterte is taking extra efforts to ensure that the upcoming national and local elections in May would be peaceful and credible in order to make sure the results reflect the will of the Filipino people. Go recalled that the...
