The Senate ratified on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the bicameral conference committee report on the bill resetting the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to Oct. 13, 2025. (Senate PRIB photo) During the plenary session, Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito said that the bicam...
Senator Risa Hontiveros questioned the delays and problems hounding the Commission on Elections (Comelec) particularly in the printing of ballots despite its P18.827 billion contract with Miru Systems. (Senate PRIB photo) In her privilege speech on Monday, Feb. 3, Hontiveros called out Comelec for...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Tuesday, Feb. 4 that the bicameral conference committee has approved setting the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) polls on Oct. 13. "Ang inadopt five months, October 13 ang halalan, pumayag ang kamara. May mga...
Despite the Commission on Elections (Comelec) granting of an exemption to P882 million for the controversial Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), it has yet to receive the implementation guidelines from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). en. Imee Marcos, during...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is hoping that the two new poll commissioners that will be appointed by President Marcos will be knowledgeable about the challenges and issues faced by the poll body, especially with the upcoming May 2025 polls. "Ang pinaka-importante...
The extent of postponing the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) polls is still up for discussion by the Senate and the House of Representatives in a brewing discussion of the bicameral conference committee next week. The Senate earlier approved its own version...
Marikina Mayor Marcelino "Marcy" Teodoro remains a candidate for congressman of the city’s 1st District, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, Jan. 27 resumed its ballot printing for the 2025 elections. The printing was delayed for three weeks due to temporary restraining orders...
Despite delays encountered in the past few weeks, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is still keen to finish printing the ballots for the May 2025 election by April 14 as it resumed on Monday, January 27. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman George Erwin Garcia, National Printing Office...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Friday, January 24 that it would no longer remove poll aspirants' names even if they would withdraw their candidacy for the May 2025 national and local elections. In an interview on Teleradyo Serbisyo, Garcia said that they...
With the Supreme Court's (SC) issuance of temporary restraining orders (TROs) that allowed the participation of two more candidates, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has opted again to reschedule the printing of ballots for the May 2025 elections. Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Saturday, Jan. 18, that it will comply with the temporary restraining orders (TROs) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday, Jan. 17. The SC issued three more TROs that halted Comelec from disqualifying three candidates in three towns in the May 2025...
As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban officially took effect last Sunday Jan. 12, 2025, signalling the start of the election period for the May 2025 National and Local Elections, various checkpoints were also deployed nationwide as part of the poll body's implementation of Resolution...