By TERENCE RANIS A pre-election poll conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed presidential candidate Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso getting high trust ratings from Filipinos. "I’m happy, basta ako naniniwala may Diyos. Sa nakikita natin, marami na ang nagswi-switch sa Isko. I am...
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...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Spokesperson James B. Jimenez has recommended to critics of the poll body’s “Oplan Baklas” to file a complaint if they have a problem with it. Recently, the Comelec has launched “Oplan Baklas” wherein the poll body takes down campaign posters that are...
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo is worried about the “chilling effect” of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolution that allowed the removal of the candidates’ posters and tarpaulins in private places without a warrant. Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo waves to...
Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) party chairperson and vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio topped the Laylo Research Voter Preference for Vice President poll conducted from Jan. 10 to Jan. 26. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Photo from Mayor Inday Sara FB/...
Most of the 1.697 million registered overseas voters for the upcoming May 2022 polls are from the geographical region of the Middle East and Africas, having a total of 786,997 which is around 46 percent of the total number of overseas voters. This was according to the data on overseas voters...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan will be deploying poll watchers in all election precincts nationwide to guard the sanctity of votes during the election day in May. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares) Former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio, 1Sambayan lead convenor, disclosed...
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...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Dec. 10 pushed for additional benefits for public school teachers and poll workers who will serve in the May 2022 National and Local Elections. Public school teachers serve as poll workers in the May 2019 elections. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
A group of education workers welcomed the filing of a new bill pushing for the tax exemption of poll workers' pay. (FILE PHOTO / DepEd) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines expressed support for the bill authored by Senator Leila de Lima and pushed for its immediate approval. ACT...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has once again appealed for possible increase in the honoraria of teachers who will serve as poll workers in the 2022 National and Local Elections. (FILE PHOTO / DepEd) “Although it is less than our proposed increase for our teachers who will serve as poll...
OFW Forum Though ex-President Ferdinand Marcos died way back in 1989, his intriguing mystique apparently remains alive and is now unwittingly aiding in significant ways the presidential bid in May 2022 of his only son, Ferdinand Junior. Bedeviled in two fronts by disqualification petitions and...
