Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is still unsure whether or not he will join the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) presidential debate later this month. In an ambush interview at an event Tuesday night, March 1 in Pasay City, Marcos Jr. personally answered for the first...
Tarlac 1st district Rep. Charlie Cojuangco, who died last Feb. 22 at the age of 58, has been laid to rest by his family. Former Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco delivers his eulogy for his late brother, Tarlac Rep. Charlie Cojuangco (Screenshot from Chug Cadiogan's YouTube video) A solemn ceremony...
With the recent retirement of three of its officials, the remaining members of the former Commission on Elections (Comelec) First and Second Divisions are given 45 days to dispose of pending cases. Comelec/MB The Comelec has been constantly updating its own Rules of Procedure to ensure an...
To further educate voters in the May 2022 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, March 1, provided a brief overview of presidential candidates. The poll body posted on Facebook the information cards of all the 10 presidential candidates. Arranged alphabetically, the ten candidates...
Campaign materials that were posted outside of the designated areas were seized by Commission on Elections (Comelec) authorities in Tanay and Angono in Rizal Province on Monday, Feb. 28. In Tanay, the Comelec had to use a dump truck to haul hundreds of campaign posters, all made of tarpaulin, which...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Spokesperson James B. Jimenez on Monday, Feb. 28, said the answer of acting Comelec Chairperson Soccoro B. Inting to the letter of protest of the National Press Club (NPC) against the poll body’s partnership with news website Rappler is still being prepared. On...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, Feb. 28, said the campaign guidelines are responsive to the alert level of the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF). Comelec/MB "Our guidelines are calibrated. Its responsive to the changes in the alert level of the Inter Agency Tssk Force (IATF)," Comelec...
What will happen to the paper that presidential candidates used in the debates organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec)? Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said it will be preserved. "If they are scribbling notes on that it will not be thrown away afterwards. That is literally...
In a bid to combat misinformation and educate the electorate, Vote Pilipinasthe official voter information campaign partner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)launched on Monday, Feb. 28, the Candidate Profile Dashboard which contains salient information about candidates for president,...
Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez (left) and Manila Bulletin's 'Thrillmaker' columnist Joee Guilas With only about three months to go before the country’s next national elections, one person who is certainly getting much media mileage is, naturally, Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez. A simple,...
The camp of aspiring president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday, Feb. 28 expressed concern over the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) partnership with online news site Rappler regarding the upcoming May polls, calling it "very disturbing". Marcos Jr.'s campaign manager, former...
Malacañang clarified that the requirement for participants of election-related activities to present proof of complete vaccination only covers events taking place before the elections on May 9, 2022. Aerial shot of the huge crowd during Robredo’s campaign rally in Iloilo. (Team...
