The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be forming a task force that will handle reports on vote buying. Comelec/MB "The Commission will create a task force for all these reports, complaints, and whatever," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said in a press briefing in Manila on Tuesday, March...
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction under Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has formally endorsed the presidential bid of former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. on Tuesday. During a press conference together with the other PDP-Laban senatorial...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan on Monday, March 21, has assured the public that they are carefully studying all the petitions filed before them. Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan (Photo Comelec FB) The poll chief issued the statement in reaction to the letter of Akbayan...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will discuss this week the possibility of imposing additional sanctions for those who would skip their debates. Comelec/MB "We will address this particular problem in the en banc session this Wednesday," Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan said on Sunday,...
The Akbayan Partylist on Monday, March 21, asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc to already release its decision on their disqualification case against presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Akbayan Partylist on Monday submitted a letter to the en banc of the...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay backed the scrapping of the tax on the honorarium of teachers and other poll workers in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Binay made the statement on Monday, March 21, following the petition filed by a group for the removal of the...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Sunday vouched for his decades-long experience in public service as he urged voters to choose him during the ending of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) first vice presidential debates. Sotto, who is running in tandem with...
Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan got into a heated argument with former Congressman and academic Walden Bello as he defended his move to abstain during the vote for the Rice Tariffication Act (RTA), saying he pushed for alternative measures because he knew exactly the impact of the RTA. Former Congressman...
Vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Sunday rejected insinuations he has forged an alliance with the Duterte administration. Sotto insisted that he has remained independent in his stand on issues, and has always been neutral, as far as he is concerned. Sotto...
Vice presidential candidate Lito Atienza will still be able to use the e-rally platform of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB This despite his non-attendance in the Pilipinas Debates 2022 of the poll body at the Sofitel Tent in Pasay City on Sunday, March 20. In an interview, Comelec...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will review the policy on withdrawal and substitution of candidates after the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "After this elections, what we really need to review is the issue of nuisance candidates, substitution, and withdrawal," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Personnel of the Benguet Provincial Police Office and Commission on Elections (Comelec) initiated a unity walk for a Secure, Accurate, Free, and Fair Elections (SAFE) 2022 as May 9 National and Local Elections draw near. (Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN)...
