The Commission on Elections (Comelec) held the raffle to determine the order of listing of partylist groups in the official ballot on Tuesday, Dec. 14. Comelec/MB Based on the raffling result, the groups that secured the first 10 slots are: Kalipunan ng Maralita at Malayang Mamamayan Inc...
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has politely turned down the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC) proposal to allow Southeast Asian Games-bound athletes, coaches and officials to vote in the 2022 National Elections under the Local Absentee Voting provision. The PSC disclosed this Tuesday,...
Members of Kontra TaMaD (Kontra Tambalang Marcos at Duterte) has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to immediate resolve the petitions seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Groups troop to the Comelec office in...
President Duterte has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to come up with the necessary rules and regulations as he expressed worry about a possible surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases due to the lack of physical distancing in caravans of some candidates. President Duterte (RTVM...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) may not be able to release the official list of candidates in the May 2022 polls on Dec. 15. Comelec/MB In an online press briefing, Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez explained that there are still motu propio petitions against certain candidates, which have not...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has denied the motions to intervene in the petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB These are the motion for intervention filed by the...
An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the petition seeking to postpone the May 2022 polls is unlikely to prosper. Comelec/MB "I think you are going by the fact that the Comelec does have the authority to suspend the conduct of elections. But the petition itself just on the...
Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Monday said the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) move to verify the YouTube accounts of candidates for the May 2022 elections is a "much-needed and welcome move." Lacson, standard bearer of Partido Reporma, said social media platforms have...
Amid fears that workers of the business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in Cebu City might get disenfranchised come election day, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo has backed calls for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to open voting centers for BPO employees. Vice President...
Kontra Daya FB Poll watchdog Kontra Daya urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to “dismiss” the petition filed by a group which seeks to postpone the conduct of the 2022 general elections. “Kontra Daya calls on the Commission on Elections to immediately dismiss the petition filed by the...
Former Comelec Chairman Christian Monsod (Screengrab from Balitaan sa Maynila online forum on Dec. 12, 2021) A former chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged the poll body to immediately resolve the disqualification cases filed against presidential aspirant and former senator...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be deploying its personnel to observe in the conduct of the nationwide mock elections on Dec. 29. The move, according to PNP Chief General Dionardo Carlos, is aimed at providing policemen concerned the opportunity to observe the actual flow of process for...
