Voters who will test positive for Covid-19 on Election Day will no longer be allowed to enter the polling precinct to cast their vote in Angono, Rizal on May 9. Municipal Administrator Alan Maniaol confirmed in an interview that voters who will test positive for Covid-19 shall immediately be...
TUGUEGARAO CITY- A Regional Trial Court here has extended the temporary restraining order against the distribution of pandemic assistance by the government officials in Cagayan so it cannot be used for the advantage of anyone during the election period. Judge Marivic Cacatian-Beltran of the...
DAVAO CITY – The Police Regional Office 12 (PRO-12) has assured of a peaceful and orderly election in the region, notwithstanding the region’s seven towns being placed by the Commission on Election as under "areas of grave concern". Personnel of the National Police Commission -12 inspects a...
Gladys Reyes did a Jaclyn Jose, defending Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) from bashing after it endorsed UniTeam presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. On Instagram, the 44-year-old noted how she respects the decision of INC....
At exactly 12:01 a.m., May 8, 2022, all forms and semblance of campaigning must stop. The miting de avance today of various candidates for national and local posts must also end at that time, formally concluding the 150-day election period that started in Jan. 9. How time flies! And what a ride it...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Oldtimers do believe that the elections this time around are the most “toxic” yet – to use Yorme’s vocabulary – and it may largely be due to the influence of social media. Seen in this light, anti-social would be more appropriate. If the air is no longer fresh...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo "A victory not only in the May elections, but a victory of unity that will usher our country to a better future.” This was presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s (BBM) message during the proclamation rally of the UniTeam at the start of the...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid In two days, the country will face one of its most challenging political exercises. This comes six days after the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day which this year marks an important watershed. More than the years before, there has been a marked...
CEBU CITY -- The final testing and sealing of vote counting machines (VCM) here went through without any major glitches. With this, the Commission on Elections-Cebu City declared that’s it’s all systems go for this Monday’s elections. Election Officer Marilou Paredes said Thursday’s final...
CEBU CITY – The House of Representative Electoral Tribunal (HRET) has reaffirmed the victory of Cebu Fifth District Rep. Vincent Franco ‘Duke’ Frasco after winning in the manual recount of the ballots. The decision was released on Friday, three days before yet another election. The manual...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City -- “We will not allow violence, terror, and intimidation to happen, not during our watch.” Thus said Lieutenant General Rodolfo Azurin, Commander of Area Police Command-Northern Luzon, on Thursday, during the Joint Peace Security Coordinating Committee Area (JPSCC-A)...
Nearly 2,000 backup vote-counting machines (VCMs) were prepared by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the upcoming May 2022 elections. A teacher at Dona Aurora Quezon Elementary School in San Andres Malate, Manila on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, ensures that vote-counting machines (VCMs) are...
