Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said he is upbeat that prosperous municipalities can now easily apply for cityhood with the new law that eases requirements converting municipalities to component cities. Lacson said Republic Act 11683, which lapsed into law on April 10, 2022, is...
BAUAN, Batangas—With the governor endorsing another presidential candidate, past and current local officials of this province have moved instead to campaign for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo to ensure a repeat of her winning feat here. Among those who stood up for Robredo...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said on Saturday, April 30 that they are confident that there will be no repeat of the seven-hour delay that occurred during the 2019 midterm elections. (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) It can be remembered that in the 2019 polls, a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has upgraded the classification of Pilar town in Abra from orange to red, in line with the alleged killing last March 29 of the staff of Vice Mayor Jaja Josefina Somero Disono of Pilar, Abra. MB file photo "Putting a certain area under Comelec control is a...
The Commission on Elections' (Comelec) technology provider for the automated election system (AES) Smartmatic reiterated on Friday, April 29 that the AES remaiins "safe and secure" for the upcoming May 2022 elections. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan and Commissioner George Garcia during the...
Around 75,000 personnel of the Philippine Army (PA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) who have election duties were qualified to participate in the local absentee voting that culminated on Friday, April 29. Philippine Army troops undergo pre-voting procedure for local absentee voting on...
Those experiencing Covid-19 symptoms have been repeatedly advised by the Department of Health (DOH) stay at home and isolate themselves on election day. But according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), as long as they have not undergone any tests to show that they have been infected by the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) gave presidential as well as vice presidential candidates until Friday noon, April 29 to confirm their participation in the poll body's PiliPinas Forum 2022. MB file photo In a message sent to reporters on Thursday, April 28, Comelec Commissioner George Erwin...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Thursday, April 28 that it has granted a petition for exemption for the programs and projects of four more government institutions. MB file photo During a press conference, Commissioner George Erwin Garcia disclosed that the poll body granted the...
An interview format for presidential and vice presidential candidates will now push through in place of the postponed concluding event of the PiliPinas Debates 2022 Series after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) signed an Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng...
Despite the threat of a new Covid-19 surge, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that postponing the upcoming May 2022 polls will not be an option of theirs and vowed to push through with it no matter the circumstances. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "Hindi tayo pwedeng bumali sa mandato ng...
A total of 558 personnel from the Northern Police District (NPD) and Quezon Police District (QCPD) have been allowed to cast their votes for the 2022 national elections during the Local Absentee Voting (LAV) that started on Wednesday, April 27. The NPD Public Information Office (NPD-PIO) said 116...
