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,...
President Duterte has named former Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles as the new chairman of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), leaving his three posts in Malacañang vacant, including the post of the presidential spokesperson. President Duterte swears in former Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles as...
Retired senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday, March 7, expressed support for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo because of her “moral strength” and “integrity.” Vice President Leni Robredo meets...
The camp of PROMDI Partylist and Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) standard bearer Senator Manny Pacquiao on Monday stressed that the lawmaker was merely “stating the obvious” when he made comments about candidates who refuse to physically attend debates and those who demand...
The camp of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. on Sunday balked at the “sudden bravery” of fellow presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao after the latter urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to shun request for advance questions from presidential bets in the...
