The Election Period for the May 2022 has officially started Sunday, Jan. 9. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) set the Election Period from Jan. 9, 2022 to June 8, 2022. During the said period, the Gun ban is in effect which means bearing, carrying or transporting of firearms or other...
Five more party-list groups were included by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the official ballot. Comelec/MB In a Notice dated Jan. 7, the Comelec identified the said groups and their designated number as the following: (174) Ayuda sa may Kapansanan; (175) Abante Sambayanan (SAMBAYANAN);...
In relation to the forthcoming 2022 national and local elections, the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded teachers and non-teaching personnel of the rules against electioneering, partisan political activities. Public school teachers serve during the May 2019 national and local elections. (ALI...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division ordered on Friday, Jan. 7, the petitioners as well as the camp of the respondent Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to submit their respective memoranda within 48 hours in connection to the disqualification case filed against the presidential...
President Duterte has repeatedly told typhoon "Odette" victims in his relief operations to the affected provinces that he is "not campaigning" for the May 2022 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte (second from right) leads the distribution of aid to typhoon victims in Tisa, Cebu City on Dec. 23,...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that it will find solutions on the different concerns that were observed during the recent conduct of mock polls. “Although doon sa ibang lugar na talagang marami pong nag-participate, ang nakikita lang na naging problema is iyong sa pag-feed...
In preparation for the May 2022 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, Dec. 29 conducted mock polls in Metro Manila and several provinces. The mock elections were held in 34 different precincts with an average of about 600 to 700 voters per precinct. In a press briefing in Pasay...
The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said Wednesday's mock polls conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was generally smooth and peaceful. Voting in Tenement Elementary School in Taguig (Photo courtesy Namfrel) "Namfrel observers reported that in general, the...
The final listing of party-list candidates for the May 2022 polls is now out. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released the list Wednesday, Dec. 29 on its website www.comelec.gov.ph. The list was released weeks after the poll body conducted the raffle to determine the order of...
The Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) will be monitoring the mock polls that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct on Dec. 29. Photo courtesy LENTE "The LENTE will be on the ground to monitor the simulation in different voting centers in NCR, Isabela, Albay, Leyte and Negros...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is all set for the mock polls on Wednesday, Dec. 29 which will be conducted in the National Capital Region (NCR) and six other provinces. Comelec/MB "We will have mock elections on Dec. 29 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.," Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said in a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to start the printing of the official ballots to be used in the May 2022 polls on Jan. 15. Comelec/MB "By our estimates, we will start (printing the ballots) on Jan. 15," Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said in a virtual press briefing Monday,...
