Despite delays encountered in the past few weeks, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is still keen to finish printing the ballots for the May 2025 election by April 14 as it resumed on Monday, January 27. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman George Erwin Garcia, National Printing Office...
The simulation of the 2025 national and local elections in Rizal Province went well, with a turnout of 90 to 95 percent. Rizal Provincial Election Supervisor, Atty. Arnulfo Pioquinto told Manila Bulletin that the mock polls held in four schools in Antipolo City and Jalajala in Rizal Province were...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Friday, January 24 that it would no longer remove poll aspirants' names even if they would withdraw their candidacy for the May 2025 national and local elections. In an interview on Teleradyo Serbisyo, Garcia said that they...
With the Supreme Court's (SC) issuance of temporary restraining orders (TROs) that allowed the participation of two more candidates, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has opted again to reschedule the printing of ballots for the May 2025 elections. Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook) House Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help ensure a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Saturday, Jan. 18, that it will comply with the temporary restraining orders (TROs) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday, Jan. 17. The SC issued three more TROs that halted Comelec from disqualifying three candidates in three towns in the May 2025...
ILOILO CITY – An initial list of 17 areas with election-related concerns in the upcoming elections have been identified in Western Visayas region. DENNIS Ausan (center), head of the Commission on Elections-6, with other members of the Western Visayas Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the House "Young Guns" bloc are seeking an investigation on the alleged misuse of public funds and irregularities in the operations of the offices of the mayor and vice...
As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban officially took effect last Sunday Jan. 12, 2025, signalling the start of the election period for the May 2025 National and Local Elections, various checkpoints were also deployed nationwide as part of the poll body's implementation of Resolution...
ILOILO CITY – A businessman in this city is the first violator of the gun ban in the 2025 elections in the Western Visayas region. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the suspect as Ryan who was arrested past 1 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, after he accidentally crashed his pickup truck...
The Southern Police District (SPD) started the implementation of the gun ban and Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoints in different areas under its jurisdiction on Jan. 12 in line with the May 12 national and local elections. “We urge the community to cooperate with law enforcement...
"Just follow the law. Our lives will be easy." This was the reminder of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia to the public as the gun ban officially takes effect Sunday Jan. 12, 2025, with the commencement of the election period for the May 2025 National and Local...
