Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has maintained that getting people vaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) must be voluntary and not mandatory out of respect for basic human rights and freedoms. Lacson stressed this yesterday (April 20) when a mother who participated...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma On Feb. 25, 2014, the 28th anniversary of the triumph of People Power at EDSA, my esteemed friend Conrad de Quiros wrote a column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer in which he raised the question, “Can an EDSA still happen today?” De Quiros has since been sidelined by a...
Caloocan City mayoral candidate and District 1 Rep. Dale “Along” Malapitan on Tuesday, April 19, thanked President Duterte for endorsing him and his Team Aksyon at Malasakit for the upcoming May 9 elections. Duterte formally endorsed the team during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng...
DOH/MB Voters who are found exhibiting symptoms of Covid-19 should be referred to their respective local government units (LGUs) after they cast their votes in the upcoming May 9 elections, the Department of Health (DOH) asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec). DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
Electoral reforms, education, and economic infrastructures. Comelec/MB These will be the topics that will be discussed by presidential candidates in the Town Hall debate of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the May 2022 polls on April 24. Comelec Commissioner George Garcia revealed the...
The printing of the voter information sheet (VIS) for the May 2022 polls has been completed. Comelec/MB Data released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed that the printing of VIS in the different regions has been completed as of April 13. Majority of the VIS are compliant with the...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Voters and shoppers in this city and other neighboring towns in this province may experience how to cast vote using the actual vote counting machine (VCM) which SM City Lucena and the Commission on Election have put up at the mall. Voters can try the machine today...
Reelectionist Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III grabbed the No. 1 spot in another survey for the May 9 local elections. Polling firm Publicus announced the results of its “Pahayag NCR Tracker” for April for mayor and vice mayor in the National Capital Region (NCR). Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has denied the petition for disqualification filed by the group Pudno Nga Ilokano against presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the last remaining disqualification case pending against him at the division level. Presidential...
Titas and moms can relate! Yesterday, while out campaigning and waiting for her turn to go on stage, Vice President Leni Robredo thought of squeezing in a video post to share what's in her bag. "Pero wala po itong preparation," she starts. "Pasensya na, ang aking bag ay napakalaki," referring to...
Muntinlupa mayoral candidate Ruffy Biazon again topped an election survey for the May 9 local elections. Polling firm Publicus released the results of the “Pahayag NCR Tracker” for April for mayoral and vice mayoral races in Metro Manila. (From left) One Muntinlupa's Ruffy Biazon and Vice Mayor...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday appealed to law enforcement authorities to verify if reports of a destabilization plot during and after the May 2022 elections are true, saying it is important to heed President Duterte’s call for a fair and peaceful national and local elections next...
