The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said aspirants in the May 2022 polls may still withdraw their certificates of candidacy (COCs) for as long as its done before Election Day. Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez, however, said that voluntary withdrawals cannot be substituted....
A group of education workers on Monday, Nov. 15, slammed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for its “deceptive” claim on the compensation hike of the electoral boards (EB) for the 2022 elections. (DEPED / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in...
More than half of the 97 aspirants for president might be removed for being nuisance, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday. Comelec/MB "We had 97 filers for president and it looks like more than half of that might be removed as nuisance," Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said in a...
Former Presidential Spokesman senatorial aspirant Harry Roque announced on Monday, Nov. 15, that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte will not be facing off against her father, President Duterte for the same position in the 2022 elections. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's...
Former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Antonio Parlade Jr. filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president on Monday, Nov. 15. Former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Antonio Parlade Jr....
Kontra Daya has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to declare placeholders as nuisance candidates. Kontra Daya FB The poll watchdog group issued the call as it denounced certain candidates' mockery of election rules, particularly the withdrawal and substitution for President and Vice...
Retired Philippine National Police (PNP) chief and senatorial aspirant Gen. Guillermo Eleazar did not shy away from stating that one of the reasons why he joined the senatorial slate of tandem Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is that he idolizes the former PNP...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the preliminary conference on the petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential aspirant Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. on Nov. 26. Comelec/MB "I was told by the director of the Office of the Clerk of Commission that when...
Comelec/MB Political parties may still change their respective candidates for next year's general elections until Monday, Nov. 15. “The substitute of an aspirant who died, withdrew his candidacy, or was disqualified may file a COC (certificate of candidacy) for the Office affected on or before...
Saying that it was “frustrating” to watch the whirlwind of election-related withdrawals and substitutions at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, Nov. 13, the camp of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo stressed that this signified the importance of electing the...
Is Vice President Leni Robredo a Swiftie? She is or she may be not. The presidential aspirant showed her fun side as she danced to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “22” in Cebu City as administration bets scrambled for last-minute candidacy withdrawals and substitutions at the Commission on...
The whirlwind of election-related events Saturday, Nov. 13 didn't go unnoticed on the part of Vice President Leni Robredo. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) But a long analysis, she did not give; instead, the opposition leader took to Twitter Saturday night to...
