Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan (VPLR Media Bureau) A group composed of more than 600 professionals and workers in the education sector as well as several education workers’ unions, organizations, and associations, pledged one million votes for the candidacies of Vice...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia is hoping that more cases will be filed regarding election offenses and that complaints will not just stay on social media and will formally be addressed. MB file photo He made the statement during a press briefing on Wednesday,...
Exempting the honoraria of teacher-poll workers from tax is up to Congress through law amendment, an official of the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, April 6, said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Education Undersecretary for Administration Alain Pascua, during the “Laging Handa”...
Drivers, farmers and other target beneficiaries will just have to wait a little longer before the distribution of fuel subsidies as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Wednesday, April 6 the approval of the petition of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)...
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, April 6, remained optimistic about her chances in the upcoming May elections, noting that the latest Pulse Asia survey results showed the “turning of the tide” in her bid for the presidency. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) In...
Teachers, who are members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), on Wednesday, April 6, flocked to the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila to press the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for a dialogue in order to address their issues and concerns as Board of Election Inspectors...
Senatorial candidate Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has emerged the second top choice of voters from Pangasinan in the recently held province-wide senatorial survey conducted by a local news organization in Pangasinan. Escudero gained 64.80 percent of the total number of respondents...
A priest has been suspended from his ministry for participating in the May 2022 polls. Photo Diocese of Sorsogon FB The Diocese of Sorsogon announced the suspension of Fr. Emmanuel Alparce in a circular letter dated April 4. "After having sought the necessary information and verification of facts,...
Two formal complaints have been lodged before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) so far in relation to vote buying, according to Commissioner George Erwin Garcia. MB file photo He made the statement on Tuesday, April 5, as Koalisyong Novalenyo Kontra Korapsyon and Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan ng...
Senatorial candidate Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has topped the senatorial mock polls conducted by La Salle University Ozamiz with 47 percent of college students saying they would vote for the former senator. The school’s University Student Government said 1,449 students took...
Individuals spreading false information about the poll body thus destroying the integrity of the electoral process will be prosecuted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), it said on Monday, April 4. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (Photo courtesy of Comelec FB) During the Laging...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, April 4, that it may announce its decision on the petition of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to be exempted from fund releases ban in place during the campaign period by Thursday this week. Screenshot from PTV...
