The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division dismissed on Thursday, May 25, the petition for disqualification filed against Erwin Tulfo, the nominee next in line of the ACT-CIS party-list group. In the resolution promulgated on Thursday, May 25, the Second Division dismissed the petition...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is eyeing to use solely utilize internet voting for overseas Filipino Absentee Voters should the plan to venture into it pushes through by the 2025 midterm polls. In an interview, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said that if the overseas voters would...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, May 17, that it has approved internet voting for overseas Filipino voters for the 2025 elections. "We approved the policy direction and therefore we are now to prepare the roadmap for electronic voting for overseas Filipinos," Comelec Chairman...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has granted the petition to disqualify former Legazpi City Councilor Al Barizo as a candidate in the May 2022 elections. In a 10-page resolution promulgated on May 5, Barizo, who was an incumbent councilor at the time of the commission of the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, May 11, that it will be abide by the Status Quo Ante Order (SQAO) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) in the disqualification case of Legazpi City Mayor Carmen Rosal. "As we have consistently committed, the Comelec will abide and comply with any...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman was gunned down while his wife was wounded by two men onboard a motorcycle in Kananga, Leyte, on Wednesday, May 10. Police identified the fatality as Raul Cosinillo, 56, chairman of Barangay Mataloto, the farthest upland village of Leyte, Leyte. Initial...
As the World Health Organization ended Covid-19 as a global emergency, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Gordon reiterated that the virus is still present and that the government should still vaccinate senior citizens and people with comorbidities. Courtesy of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued on Wednesday, May 10, a Certificate of Finality (CoF) and Entry of Judgment (EoJ) in relation to the disqualification of Carmen Geraldine Rosal as a candidate for Mayor of Legazpi City during the May 2022 polls. In a message to reporters, Comelec Chairman...
After retiring its 98,000 Vote-Counting Machines (VCM) last used in the highly-criticized May 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) unveiled on Thursday, May 4, the latest specifications it is eyeing to have for a new set of machines that will be used in the 2025 polls. Commission on...
COOPERATION AGREEMENT – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. witnessed the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc. and Zero Motorcycles Chief Executive Officer Sam Paschel for the...
Machines with 13-inch screens and a "send-to-all" system are just some of the capabilities that Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia disclosed for the 2025 elections in a bid to continuously ensure transparency. During the Manila City Hall Reporters’ Association's...
After the various interventions employed to make the voter registration run smoother, the Commission on Elections said on Wednesday, April 12 that it eyes to conduct the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in malls. In a media forum in...
