Due to a possible election bid, one of the local partners of Miru Systems (Miru) in the Automated Election System (AES) for the 2025 National and Local Elections backed out from the joint venture, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced late Thursday, Oct. 3....
This year's US presidential election and the Philippines' midterm polls next year, among other geopolitical and climate events, pose risks to near-term economic outlook here and abroad, according to the Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF). "Political uncertainties and policy...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has started its own investigation into the attempted ambush of Vice Mayor John Bong Alvarez of San Miguel town in Bulacan last June 4. In a statement, the CHR said "the continued occurences of violence against officials undermine the effective delivery of public...
Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez has asked the country’s senators not to use their positions for the purpose of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, March 11, and South Korean firm Miru Systems has signed a contract for the lease of the Full Automation System with Transparency Audit and Count (FASTrAC) or the Automated Election System (AES) to be used in the 2025 midterm polls. The Commission on...
Sen. Imee Marcos said on Monday, Jan. 8 that potential suppliers of the critical automated election system (AES) for the May 2025 polls must be pristine and free from any blemish. "Time is of the essence for Commission on Elections (Comelec) to secure the lease of the automated counting system...
Agusan del Norte 2nd district Rep. Dale Corvera (Facebook) Agusan del Norte 2nd district Rep. Dale Corvera has filed a bill seeking to change the term of office of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials from the current three years to five years. ...
(Unsplash) Citing the steady decline in child Immunization rates, AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes has challenged newly-elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials to help address the problem. "Ang hamon natin sa ating mga bagong...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has identified a total of 357 areas that falls under the Red Category for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), around 70 percent of them are located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Red Category is described as...
Following the peaceful conduct of the Baranggay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is now gearing up for an upcoming special poll in Negros Oriental in December to fill up the post vacated by expelled representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. Lt....
Senator Francis Tolentino has called on newly-elected barangay officials in the country to retain the barangay health workers (BHWs) currently serving in their community. Tolentino pointed out these BHWs already acquired extensive knowledge and skills in their given...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Public school teachers who toiled beyond working hours during the recent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) deserve to get overtime pay. Thus, said House Deputy Minority leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro...
