With the Senate leading the review of economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution, and the push for People's Initiative to amend the Charter going south, is the P14-billion under the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) 2024 budget still needed? In an interview on Tuesday, Jan. 16, Sen. Imee Marcos,...
Sen. Imee Marcos has filed a resolution directing the appropriate Senate Committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation into the efficacy of Republic Act No. 6735 in providing for a system of initiative and referendum as a means to amend to the existing Charter. In filing Senate Resolution...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Thursday, January 11 that voter registration will resume on Feb. 12, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., including Saturdays and holidays and will be held until September 30. Comelec said that registration will continue except when declared...
House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Elizaldy Co on Tuesday, January 9 rejected claims that an additional P12-billion budget of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) would be used to finance Charter change. Co is referring to Albay Congressman Edcel Lagman’s claim that P12-billion...
Sen. Imee Marcos said on Monday, Jan. 8 that potential suppliers of the critical automated election system (AES) for the May 2025 polls must be pristine and free from any blemish. "Time is of the essence for Commission on Elections (Comelec) to secure the lease of the automated counting system...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said that the poll body is "always prepared" should a People's Initiative (PI) be pursued as a means to amend the existing Charter. In a text message to the Manila Bulletin, Garcia said that Comelec is always prepared even if the PI...
A total of 43 candidates in the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Pateros failed to submit the mandatory statements of contributions and expenditures (SOCE). According to Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Pateros Election Officer Armando Mallorca, as the deadline...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 41 persons were arrested for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in the barangay elections in Negros Occidental. A COMMISSION on Elections checkpoint manned by police officers in line with the barangay elections in Ilog, Negros Occidental on August...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc has granted the petition to disqualify and disallow Smartmatic Philippines, Inc. to participate in any public bidding process for elections. In a 17-page resolution, the Comelec En Banc said the decision was in the exercise of its...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has awarded Iloilo Vice Gov. Christine “Tingting” Serag Garin as one of the empowered lady elected officials. ILOILO Vice Gov. Christine Garin, a Pura Villanueva Kalaw awardee, with Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia. (Vice Gov. Christine...
Only 167 candidates in the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Pateros have filed the mandatory statements of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) as the deadline nears. All winning and losing candidates nationwide only have until Nov. 29, or 30 days after the...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III expressed concern over the exorbitant rental rates for the so-called “modern automatic counting machines” (ACMs) that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeks to procure for the 2025 National and Local Elections. “Under...
