Former congresswoman Stella Quimbo has filed an election protest against Marikina City Mayor Maan Hontiveros Teodoro, alleging irregularities, anomalies, and fraud against her mid-term poll opponent. Teodoro won the 2025 mayoral race by a margin of 31,394 votes after garnering 142,814 votes,...
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) has launched its final election observation report on the 2025 Philippine National and Local Elections, commending the Filipino electorate for its robust participation in the May 12 midterm polls, while also outlining critical reforms to strengthen the...
Yedda Romualdez is Tingog party-list 's new third nominee, following the resignation of her sister, Marie Josephine Diana "Happy" Caltrava, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) confirmed on Friday, July 18. In a copy of a letter of Comelec Chairman George Garcia dated July 16, 2025, provided...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc has officially declared the finality and immediate executory effect of its resolution reinstating the candidacy of Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro as member of the House of Representatives in Marikina City 's 1st District. The ruling reverses a...
The Comelec en banc has affirmed the Second Division 's ruling that declared outgoing Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Benny Abante Jr. the duly elected member of the House of Representatives for the sixth district of Manila. In its resolution dated June 30, 2025, the Comelec en banc...
Outgoing Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Thursday, June 26, that he would bring up before the Supreme Court the Commission on Elections ' (Comelec) ruling that allowed the proclamation of Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro as Marikina City’s 1st District representative and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc reversed the First Division 's ruling cancelling the Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro 's Certificate of Candidacy (COC), also lifting the suspension order of his proclamation. Teodoro garnered the most votes for the city 's 1st District...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has declared outgoing Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Benny Abante Jr. the duly elected member of the House of Representatives for the sixth district of Manila. This was after the Second Division granted Abante 's petition seeking to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division, voting 2-1, granted the petition seeking to cancel the registration of the Duterte Youth Party-list, which ranked second in the May 2025 polls. In the resolution dated June 18, 2025, petitioners Reeya Beatrice Magtalas, Abigal Aleli tan,...
The Commission on Appointments (CA) approved on Tuesday, June 10 the ad interim appointments of Ma. Norina Tangaro-Casingal and Noli Rafol Pipo as commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). This was after the powerful appointments body’s Committee on Constitutional Commission and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has affirmed the ruling of its First Division to dismiss the petition for disqualification filed against Senator-elect Erwin Tulfo, his brother Ben Tulfo, as well as three of their relatives. The Commission en banc denied the Motion for Reconsideration...
Beginning May 13, a day after the midterm elections, Filipinos can purchase ₱20-per-kilo rice at a dozen Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) stores across Metro Manila and nearby provinces. The Department of Agriculture (DA) earlier launched the pilot program of the government’s ₱20 rice program on May 1...
