Actions are being taken by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) hand in hand with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to prevent the use of both cash and e-wallet services in vote-buying during the upcoming elections, the central bank said. This comes after Comelec called on the BSP to decline...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its full support to the enactment into law of Senate Bill (SB) No. 2664 that aims to curb electronic or cyber vote-buying and vote-selling. SB 2664, filed by Sen. Grace Poe, aims to strengthen Section 261 of the Omnibus Election Code by explicitly...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Tuesday, Feb, 18, all police units to strictly monitor in their respective areas the possession or distribution of money, goods, or campaign materials intended to influence voters for the May 12 midterm...
Rizal 2nd district Rep. Dino Tanjuatco (Facebook) A member of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms has echoed calls for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to consider reusing its existing vote-counting machines (VCMs) in...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi--Simply put, it was a "conscience vote". That's how House Speaker Martin Romualdez described on Thursday, May 23 the plenary voting on the absolute divorce...
Lanao del Norte 1st district Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Lanao del Norte 1st district Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should focus on stopping vote-buying instead of urging Congress...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte slammed politicians anew behind the reported buying of signatures for a People’s Initiative to amend the Constitution. Vice President Sara Duterte (Inday Sara Duterte/ Facebook) The official expressed her dismay again the Charter change...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A fair elections advocate in this city has urged the government to create a program that would incentivize witnesses to testify against the undying issue of vote-buying in the country during elections. Nestor Banuag Jr., chairperson of the National Citizens’ Movement for...
The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Monday, Oct. 30, were generally peaceful nationwide despite a few reported incidents of violence, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said. In a press conference, Garcia said that no election-related violence was...
TACLOBAN CITY – An alleged vote-buying incident was reported to the police in Barangay Tuburan, Calubian, Leyte, on the eve of the barangay elections on Sunday, October 29. Information disclosed that a certain “Judita,” 47, resident of Barangay Tuburan, called the attention of...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The city government of Naga in Camarines Sur is offering a P200,000 reward to individuals who can give verifiable information regarding vote-buying in the barangay elections in the city on Monday, October 30. NAGA City is offering a reward for information on vote-buying...
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...
