The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will allow the early distribution of poll supplies and paraphernalia to concerned electoral boards (EBs) ahead of the May 9, 2022 polls. Comelec/MB In Resolution No. 10775, the Comelec said the concerned Provincial Election Supervisor; Election Officers of the...
There are more male candidates running unopposed in the May 2022 local polls than females. Data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed that of the 832 unopposed candidates at the local level, 645 or 77.52 percent are males. Unopposed female candidates, on the other hand, total 187 or...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it will not organize a one- on-one debate among candidates in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia believes candidates should be given an equal opportunity to be heard. "If we do it one one one, it would be unfair to other...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia said they will be pushing for the review and recalibration of the gun ban exemption and security application guidelines. Comelec/MB In a statement on Saturday, March 26, he explained:"We have to make it easier and expeditious thereby...
Presidential candidate Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson will remain a candidate under Partido Reporma despite quitting as the party's standard-bearer. Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec FB) This was according to Comelec Commissioner George Garcia. In a television interview on GMA's Unang Balita...
Candidates of the Makabayan bloc filed a case against National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy, as well as its other officials in relation to the statements made by the agency pointed out their supposed ties to the Communist Party of...
All political parties participating in the May 2022 polls have until April 11 to file their petition for accreditation for the determination of the Dominant Majority Party and the Dominant Minority Party. Comelec/MB "A political party duly registered with the Commission may file a verified petition...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the task force on vote buying that will be created will be an interagency team. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia the task force "Kontra Bigay" will involve several agencies. He said it will be composed of the Comelec, Department of Justice...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) signed on Thursday, March 24 a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to curb partisanship in the undertaking of government projects during the...
Aside from the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Social Welfare Development (DSWD), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it also granted exemption from the poll spending ban the petitions of the provincial government of Davao de Oro and the Office of the Presidential Adviser...
It's been weeks since the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was hounded by several criticisms amid issues on data breach and its decision to push through with printing albeit the absence of observers, yet on Thursday, March 24, the poll body took a different approach by allowing representatives to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said a candidate's party at the time of the filing of the candidacy will remain regardless of the change in their affiliation. Comelec/MB "Whatever is your party at the time of the filing of the candidacy stays. Your certificate of nomination and acceptance...