Do not burn our votes. Running priest Fr. Robert Reyes issued this call to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, March 2. Running priest Fr. Robert Reyes calls on Comelec commissioners to respect the integrity of the elections.(Ali Vicoy) In an activity held outside the Comelec...
Partido Reporma presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson stressed Wednesday (March 2) that said fake news is a disservice to the people, and spreading wrong information is harmful to others, especially during the campaign period for the May 9, 2022 national elections....
BACOLOD CITY - A total of 2,452 policemen will be deployed in this year’s local and national elections in Negros Occidental where 18 areas have been placed under the election watchlist. Lt. Abegael Donasco, Negros Occidental police spokesperson, said these personnel will be sourced out from...
PAMPANGA -- Police Regional Office 3's top cop Brig. Gen. Matthew P. Baccay advised his 12,188 police force in Central Luzon to remain apolitical and refrain from campaigning for any political candidate in the 2022 national and local elections. (Photo courtesy of Liezle Basa Inigo / MANILA...
The Davao City-based AGRI Party-list said it is fully supporting the Senate comeback of Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero as they express satisfaction for his being a “steadfast ally” of farmers and the agriculture sector. In a statement, AGRI chairman Wilbert Lee said the...
House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda and broadcaster Raffy Tulfo emerged as the most preferred senatorial candidate in the survey recently conducted by OCTA Research. The survey, conducted from Feb. 12 to 17, 2022, showed Legarda getting 66 percent or six out of 10 respondents. Legarda,...
With the recent retirement of three of its officials, the remaining members of the former Commission on Elections (Comelec) First and Second Divisions are given 45 days to dispose of pending cases. Comelec/MB The Comelec has been constantly updating its own Rules of Procedure to ensure an...
To further educate voters in the May 2022 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, March 1, provided a brief overview of presidential candidates. The poll body posted on Facebook the information cards of all the 10 presidential candidates. Arranged alphabetically, the ten candidates...
The digital landscape and pandemic changed the 2022 election season so much that former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who is running under the ticket of Vice President Leni Robredo, called on the people to fight “digital threats, fake news, and trolls” to change the country for the better....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, Feb. 28, said the campaign guidelines are responsive to the alert level of the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF). Comelec/MB "Our guidelines are calibrated. Its responsive to the changes in the alert level of the Inter Agency Tssk Force (IATF)," Comelec...
Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio noted one big difference between the campaign period during the 2019 elections and the 2022 elections--the pressure factor. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (Lakas-CMD Media) In a press conference late...
What will happen to the paper that presidential candidates used in the debates organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec)? Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said it will be preserved. "If they are scribbling notes on that it will not be thrown away afterwards. That is literally...
