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...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, April 12, that it is open to a hybrid voting system yet it would not just involve a single technology. In a media forum in Manila, Comelec Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco stated that during the 1st National Election Summit held last month...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A barangay chairwoman was gunned down in Maitum, Sarangani on Easter Sunday. Police are eyeing “rido” or clan war as possible motive in the killing of Tonesa Sarudin. Maitum police chief Police Major Bernand Francia said Sarudin was walking in front of the barangay hall...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) welcomed the decision of the European Union (EU) to allow Filipino seafarers to continue to work on EU-flagged vessels. “This is a huge victory for the country,” CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III said in a statement on Monday, April 3. “Now, after so...
Being tagged as a "balimbing" in the country is equivalent to being addressed with contempt, especially in politics. The practice of turncoatism or switching parties, prevalent mostly in the aftermath or as elections loom looks to be penalized based upon the proposal of non-partisan, pro-democracy...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, March 23 that it will increase the honoraria of teachers beginning with the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a press conference, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced that they will give the same allowance that...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Wednesday, March 22, that the Commission En Banc has decided to move the date of filing of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a message sent to reporters,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Tuesday, March 21, is set to provide a copy of its transmission logs to Ret. Col. Leonardo Odoño who requested it after expressing doubts about the transmission of votes in the May 2022 polls. In a letter signed by Comelec Chairman George Garcia...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, March 20 that a later date for the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) will seriously be considered by the poll body. Garcia made the statement after Sen. Francis Tolentino appealed to the poll body to postpone the...
After seeing scores of voters flocking to precincts, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia believes that they will attain a 92 percent voter turnout in Marawi City's plebiscite on Saturday, March 18. In an interview, Garcia mentioned that it was only during the morning...
