The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has procured three passenger buses for its employees. Comelec/MB Photos of the turnover of the buses were shared by the poll body on Facebook Thursday, Nov. 4. The Comelec said the three units of passenger buses were formally turned over to them at their main...
Kontra Daya has given their take on the unending issue of vote buying that has been going around for weeks and said that while it is wrong to encourage voters to take the money, they should not be judged should they choose to accept it. In an interview on ANC, the poll watchdog convenor Danilo Arao...
The Akbayan Partylist has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to nullify the certificate of candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr in the May 2022 polls due to his 1995 tax evasion conviction. Photo from Akbayan Partylist FB In a statement, Akbayan said a...
Kontra Daya is set to release their policy research on the country's party-list system for the May 2022 elections where they will identify party-list groups that are controlled either by political dynasties, big business groups and those that are engaged in "dubious" advocacies. In an interview on...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, Nov. 3 questioned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision to hand over the contract on the delivery of the 2022 election paraphernalia to Dennis Uy’s F2 Logistics, a known supporter of President Duterte smacks of cronyism. De Lima said Uy is...
Here is an overview of the handling of cancellation cases. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday provided the process amid the filing of a petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr in the May 2022...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) wants to expedite the resolution on the petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Comelec/MB "It will take as long as it takes but of course we want to expedite the resolution of the case,"...
The looming May 2022 national elections may have raised a few concerns for some citizens especially government employees like whether or not they can express publicly their support for a particular candidate as well as their limitations in doing so and the University of the Philippines (UP) -...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Wednesday, Nov. 3 welcomed the filing of a petition seeking to disqualify former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. from the presidential race in 2022. Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate A fierce critic of the Marcos family,...
A petition seeking to cancel or deny due course to the certificate of candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has been filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, Nov. 2. Bongbong Marcos (Screenshot/Comelec) Petitioners Fr Christian Buenafe of Task...
No conflict of interest. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said this regarding the awarding of contract to F2 Logistics for the transport of election equipment, supplies, and paraphernalia to be used in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB F2 Logistics is said to be connected with businessman and...
Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said the opposition must get “overwhelming” votes from the electorate to thwart any attempt to rig the results of the national elections next year. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “The more overwhelming the vote is, the harder it...
