ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) opened integrated offices for Western Visayas, province of Iloilo, and Iloilo City on Friday, Feb. 20. Comelec Chairperson George Erwin Garcia led the inauguration at the Iloilo City Government Complex in Molo District here. The four-story...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Thursday, Feb. 19, filed a complaint before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against contractor and his former rival in the 2025 mayoral race, Sarah Discaya, over alleged campaign overspending and perjury in connection with the 2025 elections. Sotto, together...
A Senate bill is seeking to provide mechanisms to make polling places readily available to PWDs, pregnant women, and indigenous people. Senator Mark Villar filed Senate Bill No. 1698, titled “An Act Enhancing Accessibility in the Voting of Senior Citizens, Persons with Disabilities, Pregnant...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri sponsored on Wednesday, Feb. 11, Senate Bill No. 1823, a measure that resets the first regular Bangsamoro Parliament elections to the second Monday of September 2026 and every three years thereafter. “This is the fourth postponement, and it...
Voter registration in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for the November 2026 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) resumes on Monday, Feb. 9. In a social media post, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) called on those qualified to be voters in the barangay...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) mourned the passing of James B. Jimenez, former Spokesperson of the poll body, on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Jimenez also served as Director IV of the Education and Information Department of the Commission, who served the institution and the Filipino people with...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto expressed confidence that Congress can pass an anti-political dynasty measure before the filing of certificates of candidacy for the 2028 elections, as long as the bill is framed in a balanced and workable way. Recto said the proposed anti-dynasty law is currently...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri has filed a bill seeking to schedule the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) very first parliamentary elections to March 30, 2026. Zubiri, author and sponsor of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), said it is important to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced late Monday, Dec. 22 that it suspended the scheduled filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the 2026 Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE). In a statement, Comelec says that under Resolution No. 11183 promulgated on Dec. 22, 2025, the COC...
The Supreme Court (SC) has nullified a Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolution that ordered the filing of an overspending case before the court against a mayoralty candidate in Loboc, Bohol in the 2010 elections. In a decision written by Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario, the SC ruled that...
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and SM Supermalls formally renewed their partnership for the Voter Registration Program and Mall Voting implementation for the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) through a Memorandum of Agreement signing held on December 2 at the COMELEC...
Another case questioning the victory of Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro in the May elections has been junked. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division dismissed the protest filed by former Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, who accused Baricuatro of resorting to committing electoral fraud to...
