Senators are throwing their support on proposals seeking to exempt from income tax all election honoraria and allowances of persons rendering services during elections. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, author of Senate Bill No. 1193, said public school teachers who are required to render poll duties during...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will establish makeshift voting centers in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB This as some voting centers in the country have been damaged by Tropical Storm Agaton. Comelec Executive Director Bartolome J. Sinocruz, Jr. said the makeshift voting centers will make...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, April 21, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to promote voter education and information in Higher Education Institutions. Screenshot/Comelec FB Held at the Comelec office in Intramuros, Manila, the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, April 21, said it has dropped its plan to place Pilar town in Abra under its control. Comelec/MB On March 29, a gun battle occurred between the local policemen and escorts of an official of Pilar town in Abra. Police said the gun duel ensued after...
The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi successfully conducted a consular outreach mission and mobile voting for the 2022 elections in Seychelles on April 17, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Photos from the Philippine Embassy in Nairobi and the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles,...
The May 2022 polls is already proving itself to be a notable juncture that will go down in the country's history as it is evident with the initial turnout of votes overseas, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). A 20-year-old first-time voter is visibly excited as she waits for her...
ILOILO CITY – Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson may have not been seeking endorsement in Iloilo province. After all, the province is a known bailiwick of Vice President Leni Robredo. Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson holds a campaign sortie for his presidential bid in...
Suffrage is a right by citizens and even Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are not excluded from this, giving them every right to be able to cast their vote in the May 2022 elections. Photo by Noel Pabalate According Section 1of Article V of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, as long as you're not...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is deeply humbled and extremely honored to get the support of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) saying the endorsement from the country’s provincial executives will provide a big boost in his re-election bid. “This endorsement coming from the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said 372,878 of the 67.4 million ballots printed were found to be defective. Comelec/MB In a statement, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said the 372,878 defective ballots, which is 0.58 percent of the total ballots, will be reprinted. "We will just complete...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has maintained that getting people vaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) must be voluntary and not mandatory out of respect for basic human rights and freedoms. Lacson stressed this yesterday (April 20) when a mother who participated...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma On Feb. 25, 2014, the 28th anniversary of the triumph of People Power at EDSA, my esteemed friend Conrad de Quiros wrote a column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer in which he raised the question, “Can an EDSA still happen today?” De Quiros has since been sidelined by a...
