As the country and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) prepare for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls this year, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Thursday, March 9, issued a reminder about electoral cheating and the importance of electoral reforms to ensure the...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A grand jury in Georgia probing potential interference by Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential election found no evidence of voter fraud in the state and believes witnesses may have lied under oath, it said in findings released Thursday. Prosecutors have spent two...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden was declared "fit for duty" by his doctor Thursday after the final annual medical check-up before he is expected to declare he's running for re-election in 2024, when he will be 82. The keenly awaited report after extensive testing found some...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Thursday, Feb. 16 that it has approved of pilot testing of the Automated Elections System (AES) in three barangays for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. Indelible ink is applied to a voter’s finger (MB FIle Photo)...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) strongly condemned the killing of an election officer on Monday, Feb. 13 who was shot in broad daylight along National Highway, Purok Libas, Brgy. Pinguiaman, Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat. (Photo courtesy of Comelec) In a statement sent by Comelec spokesperson...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A municipal election officer in Maguindanao del Sur died in an ambush on Monday, Feb. 13, in Lambayong town, Sultan Kudarat province, police said. Capt. Jetro Doligas, Lambayong municipal police chief, said Haviv Macabangen Maindan, municipal election officer of the town of...
Senator Raffy Tulfo is seeking congressional approval of a bill seeking to declare an elective official automatically resigned from his elective office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy (COC). In filing Senate Bill No. 1683, Tulfo proposed the restoration of the old law, Batas...
Months before the scheduled Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) slated in October, the idea of automating the said polls was floated, something the top official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) considers innovative. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct...
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha vowed Monday to fix the kingdom's problems as he launched his re-election bid at a major rally in the capital Bangkok. The move unofficially kicks off months of campaigning ahead of expected polls in the year, where...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia vowed that they will commit to resolving pending election cases expeditiously. MB file photo In a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 3, Garcia stated that last year, the poll body released resolutions resolving election cases, including...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recorded more than 188,000 new voters who registered since it reopened in December last year. New registrants flock to the Comelec office in Arroceros, Manila on July 7, 2022 as the poll body continues the voter registration. (Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) together with its partners signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the conduct of the National Election Summit slated in January 2023. The MOA signing was held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Justo Albert Auditorium, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila...
