P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) Here's a friendly reminder to Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) candidates from Rowena Guanzon. The P3PWD Party-list nominee said over Twitter that children of Barangay (village) chairpersons or captains shouldn't bother to run in the upcoming SK polls. "SK...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Wednesday, May 17, the deadline for filing the petition for registration of political parties, party-lists on Dec. 29 for the 2025 polls. In a statement sent by Comelec spokesman John Rex Laudiangco, he stated that all groups intending to register a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, May 17, that it has approved internet voting for overseas Filipino voters for the 2025 elections. "We approved the policy direction and therefore we are now to prepare the roadmap for electronic voting for overseas Filipinos," Comelec Chairman...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has granted the petition to disqualify former Legazpi City Councilor Al Barizo as a candidate in the May 2022 elections. In a 10-page resolution promulgated on May 5, Barizo, who was an incumbent councilor at the time of the commission of the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, May 11, that it will be abide by the Status Quo Ante Order (SQAO) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) in the disqualification case of Legazpi City Mayor Carmen Rosal. "As we have consistently committed, the Comelec will abide and comply with any...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 9, requested for additional funds in relation to the proposed measure providing for early voting by qualified senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), lawyers, and human resources for health in national and local elections. This was...
Former vice president and Angat Buhay chairperson Leni Robredo has a special way of commemorating what would have been an otherwise heartbreaking loss for some:. She launched a coffee table book to look back at the 2022 presidential campaign exactly one year after the May 9 elections and claimed...
Senator Imee R. Marcos has sought a Senate inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the alleged fraudulent voters registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. "Despite earnest efforts of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to enforce the law, problems pertaining to the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) Liberal Party (LP) President and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Saturday, May 6 that it's wrong to think that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s victory in last year's polls...
After retiring its 98,000 Vote-Counting Machines (VCM) last used in the highly-criticized May 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) unveiled on Thursday, May 4, the latest specifications it is eyeing to have for a new set of machines that will be used in the 2025 polls. Commission on...
Machines with 13-inch screens and a "send-to-all" system are just some of the capabilities that Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia disclosed for the 2025 elections in a bid to continuously ensure transparency. During the Manila City Hall Reporters’ Association's...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expressed openness to study proposals to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental. In a brief statement, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said that the poll body has the “power” to hold off the BSKE elections in the...
