CEBU CITY – The Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec-7) has issued show-cause orders (SCOs) to more than 400 candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 for alleged election offenses. Comelec-7 chief Lionel Marco Castillano said 483 were asked to...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recommended the disqualification of eight candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 in Western Visayas for premature campaigning. CANDIDATES and their supporters in Barangay Taal, Molo District, Iloilo City...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel)-Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental have yet to receive formal reports but they have observed indirect campaigning prior to the campaign period in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections which started on...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued 77 show-cause orders to candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas on October 30 for premature campaigning. AUSAN (FB) Dennis Ausan, Comelec-6 director, said the number of show-cause orders may be...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Commission on Elections here admitted on Wednesday, September 13, that they cannot monitor social media daily for possible violations, especially campaign posters published online, prior to the start of the campaign period for this year’s barangay and Sangguniang...
Wearing clothes and accessories with the names and faces of candidates is not allowed when voting at polling precincts as it will be classified as campaigning. An overseas Filipino in Bangladesh is among the early nationals to cast votes for the May 2022 national elections during the first day of...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Monday, Feb. 28, that all candidates for the May 2022 elections are welcome to hold campaign-related activities in the city. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Vico Sotto's Facebook Page / MANILA BULLETIN) In a speech during Monday's flag raising ceremony in the city,...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo intends to capitalize on her strength, which is face-to-face campaigning, to gain more supporters on the ground as long as the pandemic task force regulations allow it. (Photo courtesy of the VP Leni Robredo) Robredo's Spokesperson Barry Gutierrez said...
As the official campaign season nears, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Jan. 27, admitted that it will be a struggle for her to do on-the-ground campaigning because of the limitations due to COVID-19 and the conflicts with her schedule as the country’s second highest...
President Duterte has repeatedly told typhoon "Odette" victims in his relief operations to the affected provinces that he is "not campaigning" for the May 2022 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte (second from right) leads the distribution of aid to typhoon victims in Tisa, Cebu City on Dec. 23,...
Vice President Leni Robredo's camp hailed Senator Manny Pacquiao's appeal for a poltical "ceasefire" among their fellow 2022 presidential aspirants amid the race to respond to the plight of typhoon "Odette's" victims. Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, Robredo's spokesperson, highlighted on Friday, Dec. 17,...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto's order to remove all tarpaulins of local and national aspirants in public places has encouraged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to do the same on a nationwide basis. On Monday, Dec. 6, the PNP issued. statement saying it will consult the Commission on Elections...
