The Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured on Thursday, Nov. 24 that it would conduct proper and timely publishing of its calendar of events as members of the poll body were held in contempt by the Supreme Court (SC). MB file photo This was after the poll body failed to implement the court’s...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc denied on Friday, Nov. 18 the Motion for Reconsideration (MR) filed by Albay Governor Noel Rosal in relation to the petition for disqualification filed against him. MB file photo Rosal was found liable by the Comelec First Division for violating Section...
Poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) believes that rich candidates have the advantage while those who have little to none are at a handicap. (MB file photo) Lente Executive Director Rona Ann Caritos made the statement during the Pera’t Pulitika Forum on Campaign Finance on...
(PULSE ASIA) Sixty-seven percent of FIlipinos believe that the outcome of the May 2022 elections is more credible than the May 2016 polls, a Pulse Asia survey, released on Wednesday, July 20, revealed. In the Ulat ng Bayan survey conducted from June 24 to 27 with 1,200 respondents, Pulse Asia said...
An anti-dynasty provision in the party-list law is one of the key legislative reform areas being looked at by the two of the country's poll watchdog groups. (Screenshot from Participate PH Facebook live) According to Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) Executive Director Ona Caritos,...
Workers check the printed official ballots to be used for the upcoming 2022 National and Local Elections at the National Printing Office (NPO) in Quezon City (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) The country's recent May 2022 polls failed to meet the international standard of a free, honest and fair...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that 17 vote buying/selling cases have already been filed at the poll body in relation to the recent conduct of the May 2022 general elections. There are already 17 "docketed verified complaint-affidavit for vote buying/selling" at the poll...
TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas (Region 8) had zero election-related incidents (ERIs) during the election period from Jan. 9 to June 8, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-8 said Friday, June 10. Police Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac, PRO-8 director, said 41,537 Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
GAPPAL ZAMBOANGA CITY – A losing mayoral candidate in the May 9 polls and his son-in-law were killed in Lamitan City, Basilan last Thursday, June 9. Ujud Ujurun J. Gappal was standing by the roadside in Riverside, Barangay Matibay when he was shot and killed by a still unidentified suspect at...
The Senate has received a total of 117 or 67.63 percent of the 173 Certificates of Canvass (COCs) and Election Returns (ERs) for president and vice president expected to be transmitted to the Upper Chamber, as of Sunday, May 15. Numerous ballot boxes rolled in at the Senate on the sixth day of its...
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday night, May 11 conveyed the gratitude of the Marcos family to the more than 30 million Filipinos who made possible the victory of her younger brother, former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr., in the May 9, 2022 presidential election. Marcos said she was...
The Senate of the Philippines has received the ballot boxes containing the Certificates of Canvass (COCs) and election returns (ERs) from Cambodia, Vietnam and Malabon City. The ballot boxes would then be stored inside the Senate building in Pasay City until such time Congress convenes as the...
