To address the learning crisis in the country’s education system, the coalition who championed K to 12 Law reconvened on Monday, Oct. 4, to challenge 2022 electoral candidates to adopt a 10-point education reform agenda and encourage voters to elect education leaders. Partner organizations and...
The House of Representatives will accept the Commission on Elections decision to extend the voter registration period for at least 16 days more but less than the 30 days that the legislative chamber has demanded. This developed after Speaker Lord Allan Velasco welcomed the Comelec decision to...
By Aaron Dioquino Long queues of voter registrants have been observed in several Commission on Elections (Comelec) voter registration sites in Quezon City as the deadline to sign up as a voter in the country's future elections looms. Hundreds of people spent their night outside a mall in North...
The Commission on Election blinked first as it declared on Tuesday, Sept. 28 a decision to call an en banc session to approve congressional proposal to extend by another 30 days the period for registration of voters. Voters registration amid COVID-19 threat The announcement was made in the House of...
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the bill proposing to compel the Commission on Elections to extend for one month the registration of voters originally scheduled to end on Thursday, Sept. 30. House of Representatives plenary With all 193 congressmen present at the...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Nearly two-thirds of Swiss voters backed the introduction of same-sex marriage in a referendum held Sunday, with campaigners calling it a historic moment for gay rights in Switzerland. Supporters of same-sex marriage kiss after learning that nearly two-thirds of Swiss voters...
The House of Representatives approved on second reading the bill proposing to direct the Commission on Elections to extend the registration of voters for another month. Voter's registration In a motion raised by Pampanga Rep. Rimpy Bondoc, the chamber amended House Bill 10261 in its entirety,...
Local government units (LGUs) should not require the public to present their voter’s identification cards (ID) before providing essential services like medical assistance or cash aid nor is it needed to register for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program, the Department of the...
Anticipating rejection by the Commission on Elections of its appeal to extend voters registration, the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday, Sept. 22 to pass a bill making it mandatory for the poll body to abide by its wishes. voting image In House Bill 10261, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco,...
How would the possible conduct of granular lockdowns in different locations all over the country affect voting during the May 2022 national elections? Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has an idea of how that might go down. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque speaks during a virtual press...
The Commission on Election (Comelec) has chosen Pasay City to host the “voting simulation” in preparation for the 2022 national and local elections. Atty. Ronaldo Santiago, Pasay City Comelec officer, wrote a letter to Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano informing her that Pasay City was chosen to...
Like other government agencies that have recurring activities to implement as mandated by law, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) did not foresee the pandemic coming. The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and the various level of restrictions in several places in the country to stem the rising...
