The Pilipinas Debates 2022 will give the public a glimpse of how their candidates perform while under pressure, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Spokesperson James B. Jimenez said. Comelec/MB On Thursday, Jimenez said all the candidates have signified their commitment to join the debate organized...
Aspiring vice president Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will not join the debate to be hosted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) next month. Duterte-Carpio's spokesperson, Liloan, Cebu Mayor Christina Frasco, told reporters the vice presidential aspirant's team has not received any...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Friday called on President Dutete to immediately fill the still empty seats of the seven-member Commission on Elections (Comelec). In a statement, Rodriguez said the May 9 elections are "fast approaching" and the poll body now needs all the help it can get,...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Spokesperson James B. Jimenez showed a letter from the camp of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. signifying “readiness to participate” in the upcoming debate organized by the poll body. Comelec Spokesperson James B. Jimenez (File...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, Feb. 24 that it will ask first for a written consent before entering private properties to remove unlawful election materials in relation to "Operation Baklas" that it's implementing. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) removes unlawful...
Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s participation in the upcoming Commission on Elections' (Comelec) debate is not yet confirmed, his spokesperson said Thursday, Feb. 24. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Lakas-CMD Media) This came after Comelec spokesman James Jimenez...
The National Press Club (NPC) has protested the partnership forged by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and news website Rappler, saying it is “unacceptable to most Filipinos.” On Thursday, Feb. 24, the poll body inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Rappler in a bid to fight...
Acting Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Socorro Inting said on Thursday, Feb. 24 that voter registration would be for nothing if the public would not vote in the 2022 national and local elections on May 9. (MB file photo) Inting made the statement on the official signing of the poll body's...
Expect to see all the presidential candidates in the May 2022 polls in the debate that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is organizing next month. Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez on Thursday, Feb. 24, said "all of the candidates have signified their commitment to attend the first...
Persons with disability (PWDs) and senior citizens may also vote in Satellite Emergency Accessible Polling Places (S-EAPP) in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB In Resolution No. 10761, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said S-EAPP refers to an EAPP temporarily established in a building used as a...
The police arrested a 19-year-old in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa for illegal possession of an improvised firearm and ammunition on Wednesday, Feb. 23. According to the Muntinlupa police, Sherwin Apolinar was caught in the act of loading an improvised firearm at Phase 4 of Southville 3 housing...
Election watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) has called on the Commission on Election (Comelec) to ensure that constitutional rights are upheld in the implementation of "Oplan Baklas." (LENTE Philippines Facebook page) "We enjoin Comelec to ensure that in the implementation of the...
