More than 6,000 checkpoints have been set up across the country so far as the Philippine National Police (PNP) assured the public that it will exhaust all measure to make the May 12 midterm elections peaceful and orderly. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said their security preparations...
DAVAO CITY – The discovery of dozens of election paraphernalia in a private residence in Barangay Buhangin here has sparked concerns of electoral fraud from different sectors. ELECTION paraphernalia stored in a residential area on Saturday, April 5. (Keith Bacongco) Rumors circulated on...
DAVAO CITY – Dozens of what appeared to be Commission on Elections paraphernalia were discovered in a private residence on Santol St., Purok Santo Niño, Dumanlas, Buhangin, this city, on Saturday, April 5. COMELEC paraphernalia were stored in a private residence in Davao City on April 5....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has warned against red-tagging and the airing of sexist remarks during the campaigns for the 2025 elections as it urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to enforce strictly the rules on election offenses. In a statement, the commission said: "The CHR...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (PPAB) So disgusted was Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre with Pasig congressional candidate Christian “Ian” Sia's lewd joke about single mothers that he appealed to city folk not to vote for the latter....
Former senator Kiko Pangilinan's senatorial bid got a boost after several local officials in vote-rich Batangas expressed their support for him. Senatorial candidate Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan poses a photo with fisherfolk in Batangas on April 3, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Kiko Pangilinan) Lemery...
Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, daughter of former president Cory Aquino and sister of former president Noynoy Aquino, made a market run in Tarlac City to campaign for her cousin Bam Aquino who is running for senator anew. Ballsy Aquino campaigns for cousin and senatorial aspirant Bam Aquino at the Tarlac...
With more than a month left before the May 2025 midterm polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) started on Friday, April 4, delivering the first batch of Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) to Mindanao. Commission on Elections (Comelec) starts on Friday, April 4, delivering the first batch of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued on Friday, April 4, 2025, a show cause order against lawyer Christian "Ian" Sia, who is running for Pasig lone district representative, asking him to explain why a complaint for election offense and/or a petition for disqualification should not be filed...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian criticized political candidates who use vulnerable groups as the subject of offensive jokes during their campaigns, following a viral video of a Pasig congressional candidate making a lewd remark about solo parents. In a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is prepared to deploy Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) as a contingency measure should the Supreme Court (SC) ask it to stop the implementation of a resolution on remote online voting for overseas Filipino voters. (MB file photo/Mark Balmores) "May 16,000 na...
Senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan admitted that there’s still a long way to go for him and former senator Bam Aquino to get into the Senate’s winning circle. Senatorial candidate Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan interacts with students of the Lyceum of the Philippines in Batangas on April 3, 2025....
