CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police arrested a 52-year-old businessman running for councilor in the barangay elections on October 30 in Barangay Bagong Barrio, Pandi, Bulacan for alleged vote-buying on Saturday, October 28. MAP of Pandi, Bulacan. Seized from alias “Jun” were...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Thursday, Oct. 26 that the poll body despises vote-buying as much as election-related violence when perpetrated against candidates, urging the public to cease involvement in these illegal activities. Commission on Elections...
Police raided on Wednesday, Oct. 25, a warehouse in Navotas City where vote-buying was allegedly being held, resulting in the arrest of a woman who became the first to be apprehended for the election offense in Metro Manila. Police Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr., director of the...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – The Laguna Provincial Police Office (LPPO) has created the Kontra-Bigay committee and complaint center against vote-buying in the barangay elections on October 30. Laguna police chief Police Col. Harold Depositar cited Commission on Election...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma asked Church workers and members of the laity running in the barangay elections on October 30 to resign or take a leave of absence. PALMA (FB) Palma said resigning or taking a leave of absence will prevent people from suspecting that the Church is being used...
With the start of the campaign period in Thursday, Oct. 19, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reminded the candidates of the infractions that may be considered as vote-buying or vote-selling in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a statement,...
(Unsplash) Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia said the poll body is ready to address "modern vote-buying"--which is carried out via transfers to e-wallets--in the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Garcia gave...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) The individual barangays' Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of almost P175 billion each should be a big reason for Filipinos to vote wisely during the Oct. 30 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)...
After retiring its 98,000 Vote-Counting Machines (VCM) last used in the highly-criticized May 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) unveiled on Thursday, May 4, the latest specifications it is eyeing to have for a new set of machines that will be used in the 2025 polls. Commission on...
Does casting your vote inside the air-conditioned comforts of a shopping mall during elections sound enticing? A voter's finger is marked with indelible ink. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) If so, then cross your fingers for the swift passage of House Bill (HB) No.6854 authored by Parañaque City 1st...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (AFP/File) WASHINGTON, United States -- Divisive new Speaker Kevin McCarthy jumped the first hurdle in his leadership of the chaotic US House of Representatives Monday as lawmakers approved a rules package determining how his Republicans will govern. The vote on the blueprint...
Comelec/MB Residents of Baliwag, Bulacan who participated in the plebiscite held Saturday, Dec. 17, were in favor of converting the town into a component city of Bulacan province, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. A total of 17,814 residents voted for "yes" while 5,702 voted "no" during...
