A promise may already be considered as vote-buying according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) George Irwin Garcia. Comelec/MB In a press briefing on Thursday, March 17, Garcia said that promising something even without giving anything is already punishable by the law. "Kahit simpleng promise...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, March 17, said only 105,000 and not five million ballots were found to be defective. Comelec/MB "How many were found defective so far from the (initially declared) 5,288,268? It is 105,350 ballots," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said in a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be expediting the resolution of all pending cases. Comelec/MB "We agreed to expedite all pending petitions in the En banc and in the divisions," Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan said in a press briefing Thursday, March 17. He said this include...
"The Comelec system was not hacked. Clear and simple." Comelec/MANILA BULLETIN file photo These were the words of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Irwin Garcia on Thursday, March 17 regarding the alleged hacking of the poll body's system in time for the upcoming May 2022...
Returning senatorial hopefuls Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano were the top senate preferences in the latest independent and non-commissioned Publicus Asia survey released on Thursday, March 17. Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano (Mb file photo) This survey or Pahayag National Tracker...
Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte are still the leading preferred picks for the presidential and vice presidential posts, respectively, results of the latest independent and non-commissioned Publicus Asia survey disclosed on Thursday, March 17. (Photo...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Thursday, March 17, expressed elation over Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) decision to allow random sampling of ballots which have been printed without the presence of candidates’ observers. (Screenshot taken from Macalintal’s FB Live) On March 15,...
Newly appointed Commissioner George Garcia is now part of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division. Comelec/MB Garcia will join Commissioners Marlon Casquejo (presiding) and Rey Bulay (member). Commissioner Aimee Neri, on the other hand, will be part of the First Division which is...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has approved the recalibrated rules for campaigning under the new normal. Comelec/MB "Recalibrated rules for campaigning under the new normal approved," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said Wednesday, March 16, after attending their en Banc meeting. "No more...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia will head the Debate Committee of the poll body. Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec FB) The poll official revealed this on Wednesday, March 16. "I am calling for a meeting of the Debate committee today as the new commissioner in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, March 16 that it has scheduled the testing of the ballots and vote counting machines (VCMs) for the upcoming May 2022 elections next week. Comelec/MANILA BULLETIN file photo Comelec commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that they will direct...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects to finish the printing of the official ballots for the May 2022 polls this month. Workers check the printed official ballots that will be used for the upcoming 2022 National and Local Elections, at the National Printing Office in Quezon City, March 15,...
