House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has emerged as the top choice of Filipinos among the senatorial candidates for the May 2022 elections, based on the lateset OCTA Research survey. Legarda, who is seeking a Senate comeback in the upcoming polls got the nod of 69 percent of a total 1,200 respondents...
Presidential candidate Panfilo ‘Ping M. Lacson has no reason to be bothered about losing support in Mindanao despite getting betrayed by some members of his former political party, as he continues to receive messages of solidarity and sustained backing coming from the region. Ahmad Sambitory...
The names of people who have died due to Covid-19 and other causes may still be on the voters’ list in the upcoming 2022 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. In an interview with GMA 7, Comelec Spokesperson James B. Jimenez said some names of people who are already deceased might...
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...
"We Have a Leader!” This is the updated theme of independent presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson after parting ways with Partido Reporma last week. In an interview Monday, Lacson said the slogan is a tweak from the "We Need a Leader" coined by former Speaker and Reporma...
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...
Poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) hosted the kickoff of the source code review and presentation of the sampling software on Monday, March 28 that will be used on the conduct of the random manual audit (RMA) for the May 2022 automated elections. (Screenshot from LENTE...
As the May 2022 polls near, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged candidates to monitor each other and report their opponents’ possible violations of campaign rules such as vote-buying. “Sa mga magkakalaban, maganda po ay mag-monitoran kayo, maganda po ay kayo mismo ang titingin,...
Incumbent Taguig 2nd District Rep. Lani Cayetano led in two surveys for mayor of Taguig City. Cayetano, who is running for mayor under the Nacionalista Party, is aiming to replace her brother-in-law, Mayor Lino Cayetano, who is in his first term but gave up his reelection bid for the May 9 polls....
Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has ranked first in the mock polls organized by the students of the Cagayan State University’s College of Allied Health Sciences (CSU-CAHS) in Tuguegarao City. Escudero, who is seeking a Senate comeback in the May 2022 elections, was voted by almost...
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...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto bared on Sunday, March 27, that campaigning amid the Covid-19 pandemic is more fun but difficult as compared to 2019. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto's Facebook) "Ano ang pinagkaiba ng campaign period ngayon kumpara sa 2019? Sa isang banda, mas nakakapagod ngayon dahil...
