The National Citizens ' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) has launched the NAMFREL Operation QR Count (2025) or OQC 2025, a way for Filipinos to participate in independently verifying the transmitted results of the 2025 National and Local Elections. In the NAMFREL OQC 2025, any person...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has approved special permits for 829 public utility vehicles (PUVs) to operate during the May 12 midterm elections. LTFRB Chairperson Teofilo Guadiz II said the special permits will enable PUVs to operate on routes beyond their usual...
The senatorial candidates of the Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino -Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) have vowed to continue the reforms introduced by former president Rodrigo Duterte. The Duterte-backed PDP-Laban senatorial bets made the promise during their miting de avance held at the Liwasang Bonifacio...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. accused Friday, May 9, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its “non-state rogue actors” of meddling in the upcoming midterm elections. The defense chief cited several Chinese tagged in alleged spying that law enforcement...
(SWS) Party-list groups Pagtibayin at Palaguin ang Pangkabuhayang Pilipino (4Ps) and Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) may each secure three seats in the House of Representatives, based on voter preferences from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted...
Four days before the May 2025 national and local elections, the senatorial candidates of the Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino -Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) kicked off their miting de avance at the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila. Endorsed by former President Rodrigo Duterte, the 10-man PDP-Laban...
(SWS) ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has taken the lead in the Social Weather Stations (SWS) senatorial survey conducted from May 2 to 6. Commissioned by Stratbase Consultancy, the nationwide survey showed Tulfo as the top choice of 45 percent of registered voters, overtaking Senator Bong Go,...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has raised its alert status and directed all regional offices to intensify preparedness measures to help ensure the orderly and secure conduct of the May 12 national and local elections. OCD Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno said the agency is working closely with...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Committee on Kontra Bigay (CKB) will no longer proceed with filing a an election offense case or petition for disqualification against senatorial candidate Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar. Villar was earlier issued a show-cause order (SCO) in...
Workers who report for duty on Monday, May 12, are entitled to full pay plus 30 percent of their basic wages, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In Labor Advisory No. 3, series of 2025, DOLE Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma clarified that May 12 has been declared a special...
Casting votes just got a whole lot easier for the May 12, 2025 National and Local Elections as the SM Supermalls is proud to roll out the Mall Voting Program (MVP) in 20 select SM malls nationwide in partnership with the Commission on Elections (Comelec), bringing democracy closer to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 6, started the first shipment of official ballots bound for the National Capital Region (NCR), six days before the May 2025 midterm polls. Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced the delivery of all 7.5 million ballots designated for NCR...
