Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, Aug. 29 that the "most meaningful" way that they can honor the country's heroes is to fulfill their mandate of guaranteeing that the democratic processes reflect the collective will of the electorate. Comelec Chairman...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started accepting applications for registration from political parties and party-lists. Comelec/MB "Please be informed that the Clerk of the Commission on Elections has started receiving verified petitions for registration as political party or a coalition...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is expected to print 91.5 million ballots for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls. Comelec/MB "If it pushes through, voters for the barangay elections will reach 67,061,585. As for the SK voters, which is composed of the 15 to 17 years old...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has finished printing the ballots for the Sept. 17 plebiscite in Maguindanao. Comelec/MB In a statement, Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said the printing of the more than 800,000 ballots concluded on Aug. 20 while the printing of all other...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the voting period during the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Comelec/MB In Resolution No. 10831, the Comelec said, the counting and canvassing of votes and proclamation of winning candidates shall immediately...
The two chambers of Congress are asked today whether they are willing to spend P18-billion for Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) elections rescheduled from this coming December to next year. Senator Imee Marcos Senator Imee Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral...
The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms on Thursday, Aug. 25, approved during its second meeting the substitute bill that seeks to postpone the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections from December 2022 to the first Monday of December 2023. Citizens line up to...
Poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) remained keen in its position that the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) initially slated for December should not be postponed. Lente FB In a statement, Lente stated that the senate hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 23 just...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the filing of the Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) from Oct. 6 to 13,2022. Comelec/MB This was based on the Calendar of Activities for BSKE released by the poll body. In Resolution...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia lauded everyone behind the "success" of the recently-held national and local elections in May on the poll body's 82nd anniversary on Monday, August 22. Comelec Chairman George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) "The 2022 National and Local Elections...
The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) on Monday, August 22, urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exercise its power to decide when to hold the next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). Namfrel The poll watchdog group cited paragraph (3), Section 2, of...
The preparations of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls is now at 70 percent. Comelec/MB "More or less we are at 70%," Comelec Chairman George Garcia said in an interview Monday, August 22. He said the printing of ballots and other...
