The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has placed 27 areas in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) under the “red” category ahead of its first parliamentary elections, citing their history of election-related violence. Comelec Chairperson George Garcia clarified in an...
President Marcos has authorized the deputation of law enforcement agencies and other government instrumentalities to help ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections in September. Marcos made the approval through...
CAVITE – Dasmariñas City Mayor Jennifer Austria Barzaga filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) for representative of Cavite 's 4th District on the last day of COC filing on Friday, July 17. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Barzaga joins four other aspirants seeking the...
Senator Robin Padilla is pushing for the immediate passage of a bill that proposes a Hybrid Election System (HES) that retains manual voting and precinct-level manual counting while using electronic transmission and canvassing to speed up the consolidation of election results. Padilla...
For Caloocan City 2nd district Rep. Edgar "Egay" Erice, an election aspirant or candidate 's platform should be given more weight than his or her popularity. With this in mind, Erice filed House Bill (HB) No. 9297, which sought to require all candidates for elective positions to submit...
The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) cannot be compelled to conduct manual counting of votes at the precinct level in the Automated Election System (AES) for local and national elections. It said that under Article IX-C, Section 232 of the Constitution, the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is expecting more than 300 individuals to file their Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for Regional Parliamentary District Representatives for the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) in September. Comelec Chairman George Garcia said they are looking at some...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said there will be no extension for the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for those vying for district representatives in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Comelec Chairperson George Garcia said aspirants should...
The filing period of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the District Representatives in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections (BPE) will begin on Tuesday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday. In a statement, the poll body said the filing...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Taguig conducted a special voter registration for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in city jails for the Nov. 2 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Comelec-Taguig held the special voter registration on April 23 and 24 at the Taguig...
COTABATO CITY – Police and poll officials have begun security preparations, initially held in Maguindanao del Sur province, for the May 5 to 7 filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) in connection with the first-ever Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) set for September this year. Police...
DAVAO CITY – An independent election watchdog urged the Commission on Elections to allow two nominees for every organization and parties in the settler communities sector in the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections in September. The Independent Election Monitoring Center (IEMC) in...
