A teacher-solon is up in arms over President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos's veto on the proposed measure granting tax exemption on the honoraria, allowances, and other financial benefits given to election workers. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (congress.gov.ph) "The veto of this measure...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A sullen crowd reacted to the election of Sri Lanka's new president with disappointment Wednesday, near the protest camp where they last week celebrated chasing his predecessor into exile. Demonstrators carrying an effigy of interim Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said those who will turn 15 years old on or before December 5, 2022 are eligible to apply as Sangguniang Kabataan voters. Comelec/MB "Not yet 15 years old during the voter registration period? But if you will be 15 y. o. on or before December 5, 2022, you are...
House members of the 19th Congress want the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BKSE) to push through no later than May 2023. Citizens line up to register with the Commission on Elections (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel and Quezon City 2nd district Rep....
Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Tuesday, June 28 said proposals to postpone the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections are justified noting how the incoming Marcos administration needs to prioritize other immediate concerns, particularly the ongoing Covid-19...
TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas (Region 8) had zero election-related incidents (ERIs) during the election period from Jan. 9 to June 8, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-8 said Friday, June 10. Police Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac, PRO-8 director, said 41,537 Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
TWO bullet holes are seen in the driver’s window of the car of Commission on Elections election officer Engr. Maricel Adriatico Peralta who was gunned down Thursday night in Piñan, Zamboanga del Norte. (FB photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – A lady Commission on Elections (Comelec) election officer was...
Bayan Muna party-list claims that it was targeted by “electronic vote-shaving” during the May 9, 2022 elections, leading to their loss of a seat in the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th Congress. Bayan Muna party-list logo (Taken from BAYAN MUNA PH FB/ MANILA BULLETIN) Bayan Muna...
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) will be helping the church-backed poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in validating election returns (ERs). Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of...
A total of 141 of 173 Certificates of Canvass (COCs) for president and vice president have been delivered to the Senate as of Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Senate personnel receives the latest ballot boxes delivered at the grounds of the upper chamber on May 17, 2022. (Senate PRIB Photo) According to the...
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Tuesday, May 17, said that their latest poll return validation showed that 53,644 out of 54,412 physical and fully-encoded electronic returns (ERs) have matched the electronically-transmitted copies. PPCRV Command Center (PPCRV/ Manila...
Poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) have received more than 75,000 physical election returns from various poll precincts in the country. Volunteers work on the physical election returns brought to the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting command center at...
