The Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc has adopted the recommendation to file election offense charges against the contributors of Senator Rodante Marcoleta when he ran for the 2025 midterm polls. In a resolution, the Commission En Banc adopted the recommendation of the Political Finance...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta could be held liable for indirect bribery over his undeclared campaign funds in last year’s senatorial elections. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson pointed this out Tuesday, March 10, highlighting the latter’s attempts to explain his failure to...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 1,445 out of 1,557 candidates during the May 12 elections in Negros Island Region (NIR) were able to beat the deadline in filing the Statements of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) on June 11, data released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed. “For the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Six candidates from two legislative districts here failed to file their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) during the deadline on June 11, a local election official revealed. Atty. Stephen Roy Cañete, District 1 Election Officer, said three candidates in the...
Only 19 out of 49 local candidates in Pateros have filed their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) as required by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Pateros Election Officer Armando Mallorca reminded candidates that they only have until June 11 to file their SOCE. In Pateros,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, May 14, reminded all candidates in the May 2025 polls—both winners and losers—that they must submit their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) by June 11, with no extensions allowed. In a press conference, Comelec Spokesperson...
A total of 43 candidates in the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Pateros failed to submit the mandatory statements of contributions and expenditures (SOCE). According to Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Pateros Election Officer Armando Mallorca, as the deadline...
Only 167 candidates in the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Pateros have filed the mandatory statements of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) as the deadline nears. All winning and losing candidates nationwide only have until Nov. 29, or 30 days after the...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Commission on Elections has reminded candidates of the recent barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls in the Ilocos region to submit their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures before the deadline on November 29. Reddy Ceralde Balarbar, Comelec-Ilocos...
While winning candidates of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) may assume their posts the following day after their proclamation, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) recommended having at least a one-week transition...
ILOILO Gov. Arthur ‘Toto’ Defensor Jr. and Iloilo Rep. Lorenz ‘Noy’ Defensor, with their mother Cosette, after they were proclaimed winners by the Commission on Elections last May 11. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Reelected Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. was the highest spender in Iloilo...
All national candidates who won in the May 2022 polls have already submitted their Statements of Contributions and Expenditures to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB Director Efraim Q. Bag-id of the Comelec Campaign Finance Office said these are those who ran for President, Vice...
