Only three people have filed their candidacy so far in Pateros, the smallest local government unit in Metro Manila, for the May 9, 2022 elections. According to Armando Mallorca, head of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Pateros, the three have filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for...
The Commission on Audit has suspended the creation of teams that will be tasked to conduct fraud and special audit based on complaints or petitions against all politicians who have filed their respective certificate of candidacy for the May 9, 2022 elections....
Malabon City Mayor Antolin "Lenlen" Oreta III said on Sunday, Oct. 3, that he will no longer run for any position in the coming 2022 elections. This after his brother, Jose Lorenzo Oreta, filed his certificate of candidacy as the city's mayor at the Barangay Catman Multipurpose hall on the same...
Senatorial aspirant Rodelo Pidoy, a self-proclaimed “great” healer, claimed that he can end the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in just 40 days should he get elected. Rodelo Pidoy (Comelec Facebook Live Screenshot) He filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator on...
In case you didn't know, teachers can refuse poll duty. Yes, really. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Oct. 1, said that election duty is not mandatory for public school teachers and their participation in the electoral process remains on a...
Out of frustration with the current situation of the country, Samuel “Sonny” S. Sanchez, a private individual who has never held public office in his entire life, filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator on Friday afternoon, Oct.1, at the Sofitel tent in Pasay City. Samuel...
TRECE MARTIRES, Cavite - Governor Jonvic C. Remulla filed his certificate of candidacy on Friday (October 1) to seek a second term as the provincial chief executive. Athena Tolentino / Instagram / MANILA BULLETIN Remulla filed his COC at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office together with...
Clad in his signature floral polo, Buhay party-list Rep. Jose “Lito” L. Atienza Jr. on Friday morning, Oct.1, filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for vice president, making him the first candidate to vie for the said position during the first day of COC filing. He is the running mate of...
An appeal to the young, particularly next year’s 18-year-olds, who can influence the outcome of the upcoming elections (The author is a college junior taking up BS Information Technology Entrepreneurship at Ateneo Manila University. He is the vice president and secretary-general of Kythe-Ateneo,...
Editorial Election watchers are now predicting that this upcoming campaign for national elective posts will not only be one of the most divisive in our history, but may also become one of the most wasteful. In the absence of crowd-drawing rallies or mammoth miting-de-avance near election day,...
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Germany braced for a period of political unpredictability Monday after the Social Democrats narrowly won a general election but faced a rival claim to power from outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative camp. A close election result in Germany means that the question...
Duterte administration ally Lakas-CMD quickly filled up the post vacated by Aksyon Demokratiko vice presidential nominee Dr. Willie Ong by appointing La Union 2nd District Rep. Sandra Eriquel as party vice president for heath services. Eriguel recently resigned from PDP-Laban and was sworn in...
