The Election Board (EB) Certification Portal developed by the Department of Science and Technology National Capital Region (DOST-NCR) will be deployed in March. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "With the restrictions on the conduct of face-to-face activities due to the pandemic, the DOST deemed it...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should make sure that its electronic systems are hack proof to ensure that the conduct of the May 2022 elections would not be compromised, presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said. While its servers may not have been hacked, Lacson said the...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon has issued a memorandum addressed to Commissioner Aimee Ferolino asking her to explain writing the reason behind the delay in the resolution of the disqualification cases filed against Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Photo from Rowena...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon challenged on Friday, Jan. 28, Partido Federal ng Pilipinas' (PFP) general counsel to a debate on television and tell her what she violated when she announced her vote to disqualify presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos Jr. (Photo from...
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones expressed her gratitude to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for granting the increase of the honorarium of the members of electoral boards which will be composed of teachers. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I would like to express our...
In the recent tweets of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Thursday, Jan. 27, she continued to assert that she cannot be bought, threatened, nor seduced in her decision on the disqualification case filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.....
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon explained on Wednesday, Jan. 26 the reason why the First Division has not yet released its decision on the disqualification case filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (Photo from...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal said on Wednesday, Jan. 26 that if the Commission on Elections (Comelec) could "brag" that it started printing the May 2022 ballots "way earlier" than the May 2019 polls, then there is no reason why it could not get clarification from the Supreme Court regarding...
A total of nine persons have been arrested in Taguig since the start of the nationwide gun ban imposed in connection with the May 9 national and local elections. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) imposed the gun ban starting last Jan. 9 which will be in effect until June 8. According to the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned candidates of strict sanctions if they violate the guidelines set by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the coming May 9 national and local polls. Sec. Eduardo Ano (DILG photo) In a briefing with President Duterte Monday...
As part of their committment to voters, presidential and vice presidential aspirants should join the debates, Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said on Saturday, Jan. 22. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez answers questions from the media during a press briefing at the...
Faculty at the University of the Philippines under the Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) criticized vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte's proposal to require military service for all Filipinos and called out the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the...
