House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta is no longer running for senator in the May 2022 polls. Rodante Marcoleta (Comelec photo) Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia confirmed that Marcoleta filed his statement of withdrawal on April 21. "He went to my office carrying his...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will destroy the defective ballots on May 7. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia announced this information to the media on Wednesday, April 27. "We will destroy the defective ballots on May 7 at the National Printing Office in the presence of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not suspending its online precinct finder. Comelec/MB This, amid the call of a poll lawyer to suspend it after receiving complaints from some voters. "We shouldn't remove the Precinct Finder system. Many have called for its return. Now that it's back, why...
The first day of the local absentee voting for the May 2022 polls was generally peaceful, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said Wednesday, April 27. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan casting his vote for the local absentee voting on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at the session hall of the poll...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Wednesday, April 27, asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to suspend its online Precinct Finder, saying it is causing confusion among voters and it may lead to massive disfranchisement. Romulo Macalintal "I think its time to suspend the use of this. I...
The Igorot Warriors International, Inc. (IWI), a party-list composed of members of cultural minorities in the country, can no longer participate in the upcoming May 2022 polls. MB file photo This is despite the Supreme Court's reversal of Comelec's ruling as it allowed the registration and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping to resolve the issue regarding the two factions of PDP-Laban before coming out with the resolution on the dominant majority and minority parties. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said this on Tuesday, April 26, the day when the poll body...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 26, placed six municipalities in Maguindanao, and one city and one municipality in Lanao del Sur under Comelec control. Comelec/MB In a statement, Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan said the Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security...
Educating the public on election-related concerns should be the focus of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), not warnings, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said on Tuesday, April 26. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) "There are election laws and processes in place to...
In the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) initial discussion with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that that the "taped as live" approach will be adopted for its interview set for the vice presidential and presidential candidates. MB file...
A number of complaints of violations of the ban on hiring and transferring of personnel in the civil service during the election period has been received by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Law Department. Comelec/MB In a statement on Tuesday, April 26, the Comelec Law Department said one such...
An Abuse of State Resources (ASR) monitoring study, is currently being conducted for the first time in the country, as a means of gauging the misuse of government resources during the campaign period. Photo from Lente According to poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), ASR is...
