Candidates in the May 9 polls are no longer allowed to campaign after May 7. Commissioner George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia reminded bets about the end of the campaign period. "Tomorrow is the last day of campaigning," he said in a statement...
President Duterte remained confident that the Executive Department could still prosecute detained Senator Leila de Lima for drug charges but said the effort would be for nothing if Vice President Leni Robredo wins as president. President Duterte, Vice President Leni Robredo, and Senator Leila de...
Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, the spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo, has filed a cyber libel case against a Manila-based news organization for the supposed intentional publishing of a defamatory news article against him and the Vice President. Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, the spokesman of Vice...
A total of 92,566 clustered precincts have conducted the final testing and sealing of Vote Counting Machines (VCMs), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Friday, May 6. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines (VCMs)...
SORSOGON CITY—"Keep the faith." (Photo courtesy of VP Leni Media Bureau) This was how aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo reassured her supporters who are starting to be anxious over the nearing elections. "Magtiwala lang, magtiwala lang kasi hindi lang ako ang nagsipag, sila din....
Aspiring president Senator Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao on Friday gave an assurance that at least five foreign billionaires will invest in the country if he wins in the upcoming elections. Pacquiao said this will be part of his efforts to revive the country's economy by allowing more businessmen to...
The Special Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruled in favor of the faction of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi recognizing them as true and official members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A generally fair weather will prevail throughout the country during the conduct of the national and local elections next week, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Friday, May 6. In a special weather outlook, PAGASA said...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City -- “We will not allow violence, terror, and intimidation to happen, not during our watch.” Thus said Lieutenant General Rodolfo Azurin, Commander of Area Police Command-Northern Luzon, on Thursday, during the Joint Peace Security Coordinating Committee Area (JPSCC-A)...
It is illegal to have any personnel movement in the government 45 days before the elections without the consent of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), a poll official said on Friday, May 6. Comelec Commissioners George Garcia, Aimee Ferolino, and Marlon Casquejo answer questions during a...
Nearly 2,000 backup vote-counting machines (VCMs) were prepared by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the upcoming May 2022 elections. A teacher at Dona Aurora Quezon Elementary School in San Andres Malate, Manila on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, ensures that vote-counting machines (VCMs) are...
Big crowds, rousing welcomes and affirmations of support in Maguindanao province and Cagayan de Oro City marked the town hall meetings of presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson down south on Thursday, May 6. Senator Ping Lacson A Lacson press statement said the show of support for...
