While her camp has yet to submit a formal written commitment to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman confirmed on Sunday, March 13, that she will attend all debates organized by the poll body. Vice President Leni Robredo during a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed a petition seeking to disqualify the candidacy of Antonio Agapito “AA” Legarda Jr., brother of senatorial aspirant Loren Legarda. (Photo from AA Legarda Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) The petition, filed by a certain Salvador Ungsod, sought...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman James Jimenez assured on Friday, March 11 that in the execution of its contract, F2 logistics, a firm said to be controlled by Duterte campaign donor and Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy, will not be without oversight. Comelec/MANILA BULLETIN file photo...
A number of retired high-ranking officers of both the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are seeing the qualities of the next commander-in-chief in Vice President Leni Robredo because she is ready to effect reforms in the institutions. Vice President Leni...
With less than two months before the May 2022 polls, Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that the en banc has discussed recalibrating its rules of requiring candidates to secure permits first with the poll body before conducting physical campaigning. Aerial shot...
Presidential candidate Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko" Moreno Domagoso will be joining the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) Pilipinas Debates 2022. PHOTO FROM MAYOR ISKO MORENO'S FACEBOOK PAGE/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE In a tweet, Comelec spokesman James Jimenez confirmed the participation of Domagoso...
Online news website Rappler found the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to suspend the implementation of its memorandum of agreement (MOA) with them to be "regrettable". Comelec and Rappler logos In a statement on Tuesday, March 8, Rappler said that they found no legal obstacles on...
Poll lawyer George Erwin M. Garcia, a newly-appointed commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) inhibited himself from the cases of his previous clients, he disclosed on Tuesday, March 8. Photo from Comelec In an interview on DZMM, Garcia said that this was the reason why he was not...
Partido Reporma presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Tuesday he will directly woo voters of Quezon City if he fails to get the endorsement of its local leaders. Lacson made the promise after Mayor Joy Belmonte and Vice Mayor Gian Carlo Sotto formally endorsed the vice...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has secured the support of the leadership of the local government of Quezon City with Mayor Joy Belmonte and Vice Mayor Gian Carlo Sotto formally endorsing his vice presidential bid in the upcoming May 2022 elections on Tuesday. Sotto is the unanimous choice of...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s closest rival former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. may be leading in election surveys, but analytics from social media showed otherwise. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) Robredo, the lone female presidential candidate in the May 2022 elections,...
President Duterte has named Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar as the new acting presidential spokesman. Andanar’s appointment was confirmed in an advisory issued by Malacañang on Tuesday, March 8. In a Facebook post, Andanar welcomed the position,...
