Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan on Wednesday, June 1, said he accepts with a heavy heart the outcome of the confirmation hearings. Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan (Ali Vicoy/MB) "Today, my ad interim appointment as Chairman of the Commission on Elections ends. Due to a...
If ever he will be given the chance to serve the public again, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said on Wednesday, June 1 that he will choose the poll body 10 times. Commissioner George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) He made the statement after the Commission on...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia is keen on amending the existing laws on vote buying to deter instances of it occurring during the election period. Voters lining up at a precinct in Iloilo City on Monday, May 9, for the national and local elections. (Tara...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is recommending the lease of 97,000 new vote counting machines (VCMs) to replace the 13-year-old VCMs that malfunctioned in the May 9, 2022 national and local elections. The retirement of the 97,000 VCMs and the lease of new ones at P70,000 each would cost the...
Guillermo Eleazar, a senatorial candidate in the May 9 polls, has already submitted his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). Comelec/MB Commission on Elections (Comelec) Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said Eleazar and three party-lists have already submitted their SOCEs as...
A party-list nominee is not a candidate. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said this when asked if a partylist nominee, who is not able to sit in the House, can be appointed to a Cabinet post or to any position. "Yes, as a nominee is not the candidate. The Party List group is the...
More than 1,000 reports on vote buying have been reported to the Task Force Kontra Bigay, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday, May 30. Comelec/MB Comelec said the Kontra Bigay- Facebook page received and responded to 940 messages while its official email received and responded to 171...
Trolls, be warned. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) After the conduct of the May 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 30, said it will push for a law against the utilization of social media trolls during the campaign period....
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday, May 29, welcomed the approval of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on granting additional honoraria for select teachers for their extended service during the 2022 National and Local Elections on May 9, 2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will shutdown on Monday, May 30, the three automated elections system (AES) servers and network infrastructure used in the May 9 polls. Comelec/MB The poll body announced the shutdown in an advisory Sunday, May 29. "The public is hereby informed that the...
Incoming partylist representative Bonifacio Bosita is bringing with him to the House of Representatives his fight to protect the rights of riders which according to him, is something that he has been advocating since 2006. (Jel Santos / MANILA BULLETIN) Bosita told reporters after being proclaimed...
The additional pay approved by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to compensate for the extended election service of poll workers was welcomed by teachers’ groups. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are glad that the Comelec approved our just demands for overtime compensation,” the Alliance...
