The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, May 19, answered the supposed poll anomalies raised by the International Observer Mission (IOM) in its report about the recently concluded election in the country. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) The...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Thursday, May 19, a total of 27 election-related incidents, citing data from the Philippine National Police (PNP). MB file photo During a press briefing, Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco disclosed the breakdown of the 27 election-related...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, May 19 that it will comply with the instructions of the Supreme Court regarding the plea for a temporary restraining order (TRO) filed by Fr. Christian B. Buenafe et al. MB file photo Their petition pleaded the SC to stop the Senate and the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has yet to set the date as to when the special elections in the municipalities of Butig, and Binadayan in Lanao del Sur will be held. Comelec/MB In a press briefing on Thursday, May 19, Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said the Commission en banc...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, May 19, reminded candidates and political parties to file their statements of contributions and expenditure (SOCEs) on time, noting that the deadline is on June 8. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN)...
Malacañang is leaving it to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to answer allegations about the integrity of the recently concluded national and local polls as it appealed to the public to respect the result of the elections. Acting Presidential Spokesman and Communications Secretary Martin...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said nominees of the winning party-list groups in the May 9 polls are not required to attend the proclamation. Comelec/MB "As with the filing of the certificate of nomination and acceptance, it's not necessarily that the nominee themselves appear. The only...
Taguig mayor-elect Lani Cayetano thanked the public for choosing her as the next local chief executive of the city and for electing her husband, Alan Peter, as senator in the May 9 national and local elections. She accompanied her husband to the proclamation by the Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
Reelected Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, May 18, said he is open to being part of the minority of the Senate. (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) “When it comes to leadership issues, kung ano ang mapag-usapan (whatever will be agreed upon), I will submit to the wisdom of the group. I can say I am...
"It's late in the evening, and I feel wonderful tonight.” Senator-elect Robin Padilla (Ali Vicoy/MB) Citing a line from the famous Eric Clapton song that the actor always sung to woo voters, this is what incoming neophyte Senator Robinhood Ferdinand “Robin” Cariño Padilla declared during his...
At least three senators are eyeing to be the next Senate President of the incoming 19th Congress, Senator-elect Alan Peter Cayetano revealed Wednesday, May 18. (MANILA BULLETIN) In a press briefing after the proclamation of the 12 winning senators at the Philippine International Convention Center...
Senator Risa Hontiveros was reelected with 15,420,807 votes, making her the only opposition candidate who secured a Senate seat in the May 2022 polls. (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) The votes she garnered was based on the most recent tally of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which covered 172...