The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has reiterated that mechanisms are in place to protect its programs and services from political interference. DSWD spokesperson Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said on Thursday, Jan. 9 that these safeguards would ensure the...
Mayor Marcy Teodoro The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that the name of Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro still remains on the ballot as a candidate for congressman in the city's First District for the upcoming May 2025 elections amid the agency's 1st Division's decision to cancel his...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded on Tuesday, Jan. 7, that its gun ban will take effect on Jan. 12, 2025, until June 11, 2025, as the election period begins. "Kaya po doon sa ating mga kababayan po na bagama’t kayo ay lisensiyadong nagmamay-ari ng baril, bagama’t po kayo ay...
CEBU CITY – As far as the Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7) is concerned, the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes is already cancelled. CORTES (FB) Comelec-7 chief Francisco Pobe issued the clarification to rectify a local newspaper report...
CEBU CITY — The order cancelling the Certificate of Candidacy of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes is final and executory after the Commission on Elections en banc issued a Certificate of Finality and Entry of Judgment. CORTES (FB) A 1993 Comelec Rules of Procedures was cited...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified reelectionist Mayor John Lloyd Pacete of Bugasong town, Antique province from the May 2025 elections. PACETE (FB) In a 15-page ruling, the Comelec First Division cancelled Pacete’s Certificate of Candidacy...
Requests that would pave the way for unequal footing in the electoral landscape in Sulu were some of the things denied by Sulu Provincial Election Supervisor Vidzfar Julie which later led to a daring daylight ambush against him that claimed the life of his brother. (Photo from the Office of Comelec...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Office has created a Special Investigation Task Group to probe the ambush of the Commission on Elections-Sulu provincial official where his brother was killed. MOLITAS The task group, composed of officers from the Police Regional Office-9, the...
Nasser Amil, the brother of Vidzfar Amil, Commission on Elections-Sulu Provincial Election Supervisor, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21, after sustaining a bullet wound in the head in an ambush in Zamboanga City. Vidzfar, who was also in the vehicle and believed to be the target of the suspects,...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia condemned the daring daylight ambush against Sulu Provincial Election Supervisor Vidzfar Julie on Saturday, Dec. 21. In this screenshot of a Facebook post shared by Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia, Sulu Provincial Election...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The provincial election supervisor of the Commission on Elections in Sulu province escaped death and his brother was wounded in an ambush here on Saturday, Dec. 21. A COMMISSION on Elections official in Sulu cheated death in an ambush in Zamboanga City on Dec. 21. Photo...
CEBU CITY – The bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes to return to the City Hall next year has suffered a major blow. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division canceled Cortes’ Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for material and false representation. The cancellation of...
