The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will have to check if Malasakit Movement Partylist's Celine Pialago was able to make it to the substitution deadline set by the poll body on Nov. 15, 2021. Comelec/MB "I have yet to verify that she is in fact a nominee of that party-list. And I would like to...
One of the petitioners of the disqualification case against presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. on Friday, Feb.11, vowed to appeal the decision of the Commission on Election’s (Comelec’s) First Division dismissing the disqualification petitions against Marcos. In a...
PROMDI Party presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao has no qualms about the decision of the a Commission on Elections (Comelec ) panel to junk the disqualification case against rival former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., saying it did not surprise him. PROMDI Party presidential...
Gabriela Women’s party-list has sought the cancelation of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) campaign permit system, saying it encroaches on free speech and puts some candidates at a disadvantage. Gabriela Women's Party (PHOTO FROM GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY FB/ MANILA BULLETIN) "In seeking to...
The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday night, Feb. 10 commended the Commission on Elections (Comelec) 1st Division for its decision to dismiss the disqualification petition filed against the former senator's candidacy. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos Jr.’s...
The camp of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Feb. 10, shrugged off the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division to dismiss the three consolidated petitions to disqualify former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. from the upcoming May polls. Former...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has dismissed the three petitions seeking to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez on Thursday, Feb. 10, said the First Division dismissed the...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said on Thursday, Feb. 10 that following the rules set by the poll body in campaigning is not impossible. Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Jimenez made the remark in an interview with ABS-CBN...
New guidelines such as securing a permit first from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) before conducting campaign rallies or other election-related gatherings were meant to protect the supporters and not to sanction the candidates, the poll body's spokesperson said on Thursday, Feb. 10. Comelec...
The membership of the two Divisions of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has been reorganized following the retirement of three of its commissioners. Comelec/MB Comelec Acting Chairperson Socorro Inting will now preside over the First Division, and Commissioner Aimee P. Ferolino will serve as...
A series of roadshows and voter education lectures on vote-counting machines (VCMs) will soon begin as the country prepares for the upcoming presidential election this May. On Thursday, Feb.10, the Commission on Elections' Education and Information Department (COMELEC-EID) inked a memorandum of...
All official candidates, both national and local, party-list groups and political parties who have submitted their YouTube channel to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) now have a verified badge. Comelec/MB On Thursday, Feb. 10, the Comelec said, around 393 YouTube channels of candidates in the...
