DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is "too early to say" if there is already local transmission of Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in the Philippines despite the two recorded local cases in Metro Manila. "It’s too early for us to say that there is local transmission. Kailangan natin ng...
Election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) announced the extension of their command center’s operations on Friday, May 13. The announcement was made by PPCRV Media Director Agnes Gervacio in a press briefing held Friday afternoon. Initial schedule released prior to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has shut down operations of the transparency media server (TMS) at the Quadricentennial Pavilion, at the University of Santo Tomas on Friday, May 13. Comelec/MB In a letter signed by Director James Jimenez, all political parties, accredited media organizations...
All eyes have been on the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) days after the partial and unofficial tally of the election results came out, but contrary to the knowledge of many, the poll watchdog is not conducting a manual vote count but rather a parallel count. Parish Pastoral...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas turned emotional after seeing the volunteers during his visit at the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) Command Center at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila on Thursday, May 12. Archbp. Soc Villegas and Dr. William Yu...
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) stated that their data is available for those who might eventually require it, as they began comparing physical election returns to the electronically-transmitted ones. PPCRV Command Center at the Quadricentennial Pavilion of the University...
Comelec/MB Candidates who are unsatisfied with the results of the recent general elections have the freedom to lodge their complaints, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, May 12. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said that they respect the sentiments of every...
Lente The Random Manual Audit (RMA) of the 2022 general elections is expected to finish in 45 days, the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) said. “It will last for 45 days kasi medyo marami po yung positions na i-audit and kasama pa po doon yung partylist na marami po talagang kandidato...
There has been a popular thing going around social media as soon as the partial and unofficial count of the May 2022 polls was released -- the so-called 68:32 ratio. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and rival, Vice President Leni Robredo (MANILA BULLETIN) Due to this, the Parish...
Kontra Daya Election watchdog Kontra Daya believes that Smartmatic should be blacklisted following reports of malfunctioning vote counting machines (VCMs) during the election day last May 9. Kontra Daya Convenor Professor Danilo Arao said they received several reports of glitches in VCMs as well as...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, May 11, said it has canvassed 46 election returns (ERs) of local absentee voting (LAV) out of the 188 ERs . Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco said the total canvassed LAV was around 25 percent as of May 11. “Again, to stress,...
On June 30, Muntinlupa’s newly elected leaders will assume office for a three-year term. After the dust settled, voters elected outgoing Rep. Ruffy Biazon as Muntinlupa’s new mayor while outgoing Mayor Jaime Fresnedi will be the new congressman in the lone district of the city. Incumbent Vice...