CEBU CITY – The holding of the midterm polls in Region 7 on Monday, May 12, was peaceful, the Commission on Election-Central Visayas (Comelec-7) said. POLICE Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, inspects the premises of the Cebu Normal University, one...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero and other incumbent senators voted early on Election Day, Monday, May 12, for the 2025 midterm elections. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero and his wife, Heart Evangelista voted early at the Buhatan Integrated School in Brgy. Buhatan,...
CAVITE - Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia inspected priority polling centers in Silang Central Elementary School morning on Monday, May 12. Early voting hours, scheduled from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., were allotted for senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and...
More than 68 million Filipinos are expected to cast their votes today, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is all hands on deck to ensure a peaceful and smooth conduct of May 2025 midterm elections. For this election, a total of 18,215 elective posts will be contested nationwide, including 12...
Incumbent Mayor Ruffy Biazon and his party mates in One Muntinlupa held a motorcade on May 10 in their final push for their campaign in the May 12 national and local elections. Biazon, who is running unopposed in his reelection bid for Muntinlupa mayor, has been campaigning hard for his party...
Beginning May 13, a day after the midterm elections, Filipinos can purchase ₱20-per-kilo rice at a dozen Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) stores across Metro Manila and nearby provinces. The Department of Agriculture (DA) earlier launched the pilot program of the government’s ₱20 rice program on May 1...
A petition for disqualification has been filed against San Fernando, Camarines Sur mayoralty bet Michelle de Guzman Mabulo before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for peddling “fake news” against her family’s political rivals. In a joint complaint-affidavit, CamSur Rep. Luis Raymund...
As the country prepares for the national and local polls set for next week, TDC and LENTE announced on Friday, May 9, that they have reestablished their election monitoring center to assist public school teachers serving as poll workers across the country. The Teachers ' Dignity Coalition...
Police arrested a government employee for grave threats and gun ban violation after he was involved in a traffic accident on May 7. Taguig police identified the suspect as alias Reynaldo, 28, who was arrested in Barangay Central Bicutan for grave threats and violating Republic Act 10591...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has suspended all maintenance activities for substations and conducted obstruction clearing in areas near power and transmission lines in preparation for the 2025 midterm elections. According to the NGCP, this temporary halt on maintenance...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Committee on Kontra Bigay (CKB) will no longer proceed with filing a an election offense case or petition for disqualification against senatorial candidate Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar. Villar was earlier issued a show-cause order (SCO) in...
Casting votes just got a whole lot easier for the May 12, 2025 National and Local Elections as the SM Supermalls is proud to roll out the Mall Voting Program (MVP) in 20 select SM malls nationwide in partnership with the Commission on Elections (Comelec), bringing democracy closer to...
