CEBU CITY – Ormoc City, Leyte Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez on Thursday, May 8, filed separate disqualification cases against two candidates running for congressman and mayor in the province in the May 12 elections. Mayor Gomez asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify ex-Leyte Rep....
Four days before the May 2025 national and local elections, the senatorial candidates of the Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino -Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) kicked off their miting de avance at the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila. Endorsed by former President Rodrigo Duterte, the 10-man PDP-Laban...
ILOILO CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division is deploying 3, 922 soldiers and utilizing 91 of its assets in Western Visayas and Negros Island regions to guard the May 12 elections. “We are making comprehensive preparations to ensure our soldiers effectively perform their election duties,” said 3rd...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven-hundred ninety-one families or 2,373 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from five Kanlaon Volcano-hit barangays in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental will vote on May 12. Edna Lhou Masicampo, city’s public information officer, said that they have estimated three voters per...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has suspended all maintenance activities for substations and conducted obstruction clearing in areas near power and transmission lines in preparation for the 2025 midterm elections. According to the NGCP, this temporary halt on maintenance...
(SWS) ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has taken the lead in the Social Weather Stations (SWS) senatorial survey conducted from May 2 to 6. Commissioned by Stratbase Consultancy, the nationwide survey showed Tulfo as the top choice of 45 percent of registered voters, overtaking Senator Bong Go,...
For the final push of his campaign, former senator and senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan brought his platform of food security to Ilocos Sur. Senatorial Kiko Pangilinan addresses his supporters during a campaign sortie in Ilocos Sur on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Team Kiko Pangilinan) Speaking to...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has raised its alert status and directed all regional offices to intensify preparedness measures to help ensure the orderly and secure conduct of the May 12 national and local elections. OCD Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno said the agency is working closely with...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Committee on Kontra Bigay (CKB) will no longer proceed with filing a an election offense case or petition for disqualification against senatorial candidate Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar. Villar was earlier issued a show-cause order (SCO) in...
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Thursday said that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has asked the support of governors, particularly those running unopposed, to help three lagging senatorial candidates of the administration Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas win on Monday. Lacson said...
BACOLOD CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division is mobilizing 2,524 troops to augment police securing the May 12 elections in Negros Island. Col. Erwin Rommel Lamzon, 3rd ID spokesperson, said that 1,487 soldiers from the 302nd Infantry Brigade based in Negros Oriental and around 1,037 under the 303rd...
Jesus is Lord (JIL) Church has endorsed the Senate comeback bid of former senator Bam Aquino, who, in turn, expressed his gratitude to JIL leader Bro. Eddie Villanueva and Senator Joel Villanueva. Senatorial candidate Bam Aquino, Jesus is Lord Church (Photos from Bam Aquino Facebook page) In a...
