The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, March 17, said only 105,000 and not five million ballots were found to be defective. Comelec/MB "How many were found defective so far from the (initially declared) 5,288,268? It is 105,350 ballots," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said in a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be expediting the resolution of all pending cases. Comelec/MB "We agreed to expedite all pending petitions in the En banc and in the divisions," Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan said in a press briefing Thursday, March 17. He said this include...
Newly appointed Commissioner George Garcia is now part of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division. Comelec/MB Garcia will join Commissioners Marlon Casquejo (presiding) and Rey Bulay (member). Commissioner Aimee Neri, on the other hand, will be part of the First Division which is...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has approved the recalibrated rules for campaigning under the new normal. Comelec/MB "Recalibrated rules for campaigning under the new normal approved," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said Wednesday, March 16, after attending their en Banc meeting. "No more...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia will head the Debate Committee of the poll body. Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec FB) The poll official revealed this on Wednesday, March 16. "I am calling for a meeting of the Debate committee today as the new commissioner in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it will be completely transparent in all their preparations for the May 2022 polls. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan and Commissioner George Garcia during the walkthrough of the VCM and CCS production and deployment process held at Comelec warehouse,...
Photo from PBA RR Garcia turned out to be one of the heroes of Phoenix Super LPG’s 101-98 comeback win over NorthPort that secured the last quarterfinals berth in the PBA Governors’ Cup. Garcia scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half and recorded the assist that led to Matthew Wright’s...
President Duterte has finally revealed his reasons for appointing former Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Saidamen Pangarungan and election lawyer George Garcia as chairperson and commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). File photos of President Duterte (middle), Comelec...
Newly-appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia is pushing for transparency in the poll body. Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec) “It should be like living in a glass cage. The entire electoral process from the preparation leading to D-day, election...
Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec) New Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia on Friday, March 11, said he did not apply to be part of the poll body, saying he was surprised when told that he was being considered for the said post. On March 8, Garcia took oath...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia said his decision to inhibit from the cases, which he previously handled, was voluntary to maintain the integrity of the poll body. Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec) "This is voluntary. I was not compelled by anybody. Nobody...
With less than two months before the May 2022 polls, Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that the en banc has discussed recalibrating its rules of requiring candidates to secure permits first with the poll body before conducting physical campaigning. Aerial shot...
