The Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured on Thursday, May 12, that it will continue to ensure that elections in the country remain “credible, honest, accurate and clean.” Comelec/MB Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco made the assurance during Thursday’s press briefing after...
President Duterte has lauded the swift completion of the 2022 elections but urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the hiccups of the recently concluded polls to disabuse the minds of those doubting its integrity. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made this statement...
Potential winning senators in the May 9 polls take note. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be limiting the number of companions of the winning senators when they are proclaimed at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Tent in Pasay City. "We have to remind...
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has affirmed its ruling that dismissed a petition against presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. which sought to declare him as a nuisance candidate. Comelec/MB In a four-page resolution dated May 11, the COMELEC en banc denied the Dec. 22...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Thursday, May 12, announced that a total of 5,836 individuals out of 13,781 examinees passed the Civil Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Civil Engineering in May 2022. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) The said examination was given in...
There has been a popular thing going around social media as soon as the partial and unofficial count of the May 2022 polls was released -- the so-called 68:32 ratio. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and rival, Vice President Leni Robredo (MANILA BULLETIN) Due to this, the Parish...
Failure of elections has been declared in 14 barangays in the municipalities of Butig, Binadayan, and Tubaran in Lanao del Sur. Comelec/MB The Comelec en banc decided to adopt the recommendation of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Regional Election Director Ray Sumalipao to...
More than 80 certificates of canvass (COC) have so far been canvassed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at the Philippine International Convention Center Forum Tent in Pasay City as of Wednesday, May 11. Comelec/MB The Comelec en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, is...
Local disruptions in the counting could delay the proclamations of the winning senatorial candidates and party-lists, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said. Comelec/MB “What will hinder perhaps only certain local problems especially local politics,” said COMELEC Commissioner George Garcia...
The local board of canvassers need not finish the canvassing of votes to proclaim local candidates, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said on Wednesday, May 11. Commissioner George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) “We lowered the threshold to allow proclamations,” COMELEC Commissioner George Garcia...
Actor Robin Padilla is leading all 64 senatorial candidates vying for the 12 available seats at the Senate. Comelec/MB The latest tally release by the Commission on Elections on Wednesday, May 11, showed that the Padilla, who is running under the banner of the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas...
The winning senators in the May 9 polls may be proclaimed all at the same time. Comelec/MB This as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not looking to make a partial proclamation of the 12 winning senators. "In the past, there have been instances that there are partial proclamations. But...
