What comes after the election is trash, literally. In an Opinion piece by the Manila Bulletin , it is reported that 59,846 tons of solid waste per day were generated around the country, according to the DENR-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB). That’s prior to the 2022 election’s campaign...
The City Environmental and Management Office (CEMO) in Marikina City started its clean-up drive to remove all election paraphernalia plastered all over the city on Tuesday, May 10. (Photo courtesy of Noel B. Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with DZBB, Marikina Mayor Marcelino "Marcy"...
Winning and losing candidates in the May 9 elections and the local government units (LGUs) must remove the campaign materials properly within three days, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Wednesday, May 11. In an advisory to the local chief...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 10, said spoiled and unused ballots will be torn in accordance with the poll body’s guidelines. Workers check the printed official ballots to be used for the upcoming 2022 National and Local Elections at the National Printing Office (NPO) in...
Candidates for the 2022 polls were urged by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to help local government units (LGUs) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) rid the streets of campaign materials. Comelec Commissioner Rey E. Bulay (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) Poll Commissioner...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The controversial wooden footbridge which gave way under the weight of politicians and their staff has been replaced with another bridge made of concrete materials. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar inspected the rehabilitation of the controversial footbridge on Tuesday, April...
The Quezon City government on Friday, April 1, urged all candidates in the May 2022 elections to avoid using campaign materials made of polyethylene or plastic. The city government made the call as it reminded them of an ordinance implemented in 2013, which prohibits the installation of...
To supplement damaged self-learning modules of Schools Division Offices (SDOs) in the Caraga Region, the Department of Education (DepEd) has distributed learning materials to be used by the affected learners. (Photo from DepEd) Through its External Partnerships Service (EPS), DepEd has distributed...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga, Jr. got the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to spill the beans, proving the existence of a “loophole” in the rules on campaign poster sizes as prescribed by the poll body. “Ang nangyayari, yung isang plywood, nilalagyan ng dalawampung two by three...
Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) Head retired police Brig. Gen. Elmo San Diego on Monday, March 7, said the removal of 2022 election campaign materials posted on public places is not a political propaganda but an initiative by the local government to maintain the city's...
Campaign materials that were posted outside of the designated areas were seized by Commission on Elections (Comelec) authorities in Tanay and Angono in Rizal Province on Monday, Feb. 28. In Tanay, the Comelec had to use a dump truck to haul hundreds of campaign posters, all made of tarpaulin, which...
Despite criticisms at its “Oplan Baklas”, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has stood firm and insisted that it has to regulate election propaganda “to level the playing field.” Comelec Spokesperson James B. Jimenez said that the need to regulate even just the size of propaganda...
