The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping to resolve the issue regarding the two factions of PDP-Laban before coming out with the resolution on the dominant majority and minority parties. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said this on Tuesday, April 26, the day when the poll body...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 26, placed six municipalities in Maguindanao, and one city and one municipality in Lanao del Sur under Comelec control. Comelec/MB In a statement, Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan said the Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security...
Educating the public on election-related concerns should be the focus of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), not warnings, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said on Tuesday, April 26. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) "There are election laws and processes in place to...
In the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) initial discussion with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that that the "taped as live" approach will be adopted for its interview set for the vice presidential and presidential candidates. MB file...
A number of complaints of violations of the ban on hiring and transferring of personnel in the civil service during the election period has been received by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Law Department. Comelec/MB In a statement on Tuesday, April 26, the Comelec Law Department said one such...
An Abuse of State Resources (ASR) monitoring study, is currently being conducted for the first time in the country, as a means of gauging the misuse of government resources during the campaign period. Photo from Lente According to poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), ASR is...
If you are among those who availed of local absentee voting, better read this intructions from the Commission on Elections Committee on Local Absentee Voting (CLAV). Comelec/MB The instructions released on Tuesday, April 26, enumerate the step by step process of voting to local absentee voters....
The three-day local absentee voting for the May 2022 polls starts Wednesday, April 27. Comelec/MB Under the LAV, government officials and employees; personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police; as well as members of the media, including their technical and...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rey Bulay clarified on Monday, April 25 that he issued a warning against those who would attempt to disrupt the elections, not to jail critics. Comelec/MB "So ang sinabi ko (So what I said), to those that will comment lawless violence by inducement,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said all voters will be allowed to vote on May 9 including those with symptoms of Covid-19. Comelec/MB "All 67.4 million Filipinos will be allowed to vote as what is happening now in the overseas voting," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said in a press...
To those wondering why their registration has been deactivated, here is one possible reason. Comelec/MB Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia said it's possible that the voter failed to vote in two consecutive polls. "Many voters forgot that they failed to vote in two...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Office for Overseas Voting said the photo showing an official ballot received by an overseas voter in New Zealand with missing candidate's name has been "deliberately edited." Photo Comelec In a statement on Monday, April 25, Comelec OFOV said, it has been...
