WALA LANG After all the promises, denunciations, allegations, fake and genuine news, rumors, threats, protests, whoever is today’s victor will not have an easy six years ahead. The Makati Business Club issued a statement last week on where we are and what lies ahead. So many companies closed...
At 6 a.m. today, May 9, 2022, poll precincts in all parts of the country will open for 65.7 million registered voters — the highest ever, which the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dubbed as “historic” numbers even with the pandemic still in the background. The 65.7 million voters...
Unless the world ends on May 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already formulated a set of measures that can be followed in polling precincts should there be any mishaps during the voting hours. A teacher at Dona Aurora Quezon Elementary School in San Andres Malate, Manila on Wednesday,...
The church-based poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Sunday, May 8, launched its command center for the May 2022 national and local elections. PPCRV Command Center at the Quadricentennial Pavilion of the University of Santo Tomas PPCRV is an accredited...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported a 31.05 percent or 526,972 voter turnout in the overseas voting as of Sunday, May 8. Comelec/MB The figure nearly ties with the 32 percent voter turnout in the 2016 polls. Data from the poll body showed that the more than 500,000 votes came from the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disowned a now-viral document circulating on social media saying that some party-list groups and a senatorial candidate have been disqualified by the poll body. Comelec/MB Per the fake document that even used the logo of the Comelec, the party-lists and a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, will convene at the PICC Forum Tent in Pasay City in the afternoon of May 9. Comelec/MB "We will convene the NBOC for senators and partylist here at 3 p.m. tomorrow May 9," Comelec Acting Spokesperson John...
Exactly a day before Election Day, May 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday, May 8, held the final testing and sealing (FTS) of vote-counting machines (VCMs) at around 170 polling precincts in Cotabato City. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the decision of the en banc on the four motions for reconsideration of petitioners who filed cases against presidential bet Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr will be promulgated on Tuesday, May 10. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan, along with Phil Coast...
Parties and candidates of the Makabayan bloc have not been disqualified from the 2022 national elections despite claims made by a fake document; members of the bloc have even described the disinformation as a “desperate act by anti-democratic and fascists minions of NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force...
Questions about the declaration of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s faction as the legitimate members of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban), as well as Smartmatic’s data breach, the reshuffling of some election officers in Mindanao would be “hanging over the heads” of...
Candidates for local positions in Muntinlupa held their last day of campaigning on May 7 with rallies, "miting de avance" and caucuses. The One Muntinlupa team led by congressional bet Jaime Fresnedi, mayoral candidate Ruffy Biazon, reelectionist Vice Mayor Artemio Simundac and their candidates for...
