The Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Taguig has processed more than 3,000 applications for voter registration in three days in connection with the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections. The Comelec has set the voter registration for the Dec. 1 Barangay and SK Elections from...
CEBU CITY – Despite uncertainties surrounding this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), the 10-day special registration period in Central Visayas pushed through starting Thursday, July 31. Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7) Regional Director Francisco Pobe...
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) has launched its final election observation report on the 2025 Philippine National and Local Elections, commending the Filipino electorate for its robust participation in the May 12 midterm polls, while also outlining critical reforms to strengthen the...
Yedda Romualdez is Tingog party-list 's new third nominee, following the resignation of her sister, Marie Josephine Diana "Happy" Caltrava, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) confirmed on Friday, July 18. In a copy of a letter of Comelec Chairman George Garcia dated July 16, 2025, provided...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has cancelled the candidacy of President Roxas town, Capiz province Mayor Receliste “Tanoy” Escolin two weeks after his “fourth” term started. The Comelec First Division said Escolin violated the three-term rule when he filed his...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Thursday, July 10, that the poll body is open to any form of investigation or scrutiny regarding the May 2025 elections. This was after a criminal complaint was filed before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against...
Supporters of former Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro trooped to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Marikina 's office on Tuesday, July 1, to urge the agency to proclaim him as the city 's 1st District representative after the Comelec en banc officially declared the finality and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc has officially declared the finality and immediate executory effect of its resolution reinstating the candidacy of Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro as member of the House of Representatives in Marikina City 's 1st District. The ruling reverses a...
The Comelec en banc has affirmed the Second Division 's ruling that declared outgoing Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Benny Abante Jr. the duly elected member of the House of Representatives for the sixth district of Manila. In its resolution dated June 30, 2025, the Comelec en banc...
Outgoing Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Thursday, June 26, that he would bring up before the Supreme Court the Commission on Elections ' (Comelec) ruling that allowed the proclamation of Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro as Marikina City’s 1st District representative and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc reversed the First Division 's ruling cancelling the Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro 's Certificate of Candidacy (COC), also lifting the suspension order of his proclamation. Teodoro garnered the most votes for the city 's 1st District...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 1,445 out of 1,557 candidates during the May 12 elections in Negros Island Region (NIR) were able to beat the deadline in filing the Statements of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) on June 11, data released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed. “For the...
