The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, March 17, said only 105,000 and not five million ballots were found to be defective. Comelec/MB "How many were found defective so far from the (initially declared) 5,288,268? It is 105,350 ballots," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said in a...
"The Comelec system was not hacked. Clear and simple." Comelec/MANILA BULLETIN file photo These were the words of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Irwin Garcia on Thursday, March 17 regarding the alleged hacking of the poll body's system in time for the upcoming May 2022...
Returning senatorial hopefuls Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano were the top senate preferences in the latest independent and non-commissioned Publicus Asia survey released on Thursday, March 17. Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano (Mb file photo) This survey or Pahayag National Tracker...
Right after the elections, presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo plans to go back to work and help turn the picturesque Malamawi Island in Basilan into a tourist site. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) She gushed at the white sand and blue waters of the island, and...
Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte are still the leading preferred picks for the presidential and vice presidential posts, respectively, results of the latest independent and non-commissioned Publicus Asia survey disclosed on Thursday, March 17. (Photo...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson continues to win respect among his fellow presidential aspirants as boxing icon and fellow Senator Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao officially went on record to say he would vote for him if they are not running for the same position. A press statement...
Local candidates in Muntinlupa City held a unity walk and signed a peace covenant on March 17, promising to conduct honest, peaceful and orderly elections. The signing of the peace covenant was held at St. Peregrine Laziosi Parish in Barangay Tunasan. Candidates for congressman, mayor, vice mayor...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 2 (DILG-R2) has joined a webinar to address the concerns of the public and government agencies for the May 9 elections. Dubbed as “TAYO sa 2022 (Taking Action, Yielding to Objective Results in the 2022 Elections), it aims to...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Thursday, March 17, expressed elation over Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) decision to allow random sampling of ballots which have been printed without the presence of candidates’ observers. (Screenshot taken from Macalintal’s FB Live) On March 15,...
Whoever wins the presidential elections on May 9 should take advantage of the growing momentum of international support and evolving foreign and security policies toward the Indo-Pacific region so that the Philippines could respond more decisively to China's aggression in the West Philippine Sea...
The Halalang Marangal 2022 wants the printed official ballots subjected to a 100 percent audit by qualified auditors. Halalang Marangal FB The group said this alarmed that the printing was done without the presence of accredited observers nor citizens’ arms groups. "We see this issue on the...
Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) allocated over P5 billion in capital expenditures this year to upgrade its major port gateways in Manila, Batangas and Laguna as well for acquisition of more modern and eco-friendly equipment, the company disclosed on Thursday, March 17. Part of ATI's investment will...
