Let us resign together. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon appears before members of the media after attending mass at the Manila Cathedral ahead of her retirement on February 2. Guanzon voted to disqualify Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in the upcoming polls.(Ali...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, Jan. 31, said it was a missed opportunity that President Duterte did not see it fit to set aside their differences so that both of them could have worked together for the betterment of the country. Vice President Leni Robredo and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Monday, Jan. 31, signed an escrow agreement for the safekeeping of the automated election system (AES) source code in relation to the May 2022 polls. Screenshot Comelec FB The virtual signing was led by Comelec...
The Election Board (EB) Certification Portal developed by the Department of Science and Technology National Capital Region (DOST-NCR) will be deployed in March. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "With the restrictions on the conduct of face-to-face activities due to the pandemic, the DOST deemed it...
There is an ongoing reshuffle of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) field officials. Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said the move is being done every elections and periodically to "prevent familiarity between Comelec officials and local politicians." "This is a standard practice...
Senatorial aspirant and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Sunday urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to reconsider its plan to implement the phaseout of traditional jeepneys as this would be another burden to Filipinos during this pandemic....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should make sure that its electronic systems are hack proof to ensure that the conduct of the May 2022 elections would not be compromised, presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said. While its servers may not have been hacked, Lacson said the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has formally filed the resolution asking Congress to amend the 1987 Constitution to establish a single-ticket syste in electing the country's President and Vice President. In filing Resolution for Both Houses No. 3, Gatchalian proposed the "tandem vote" by seeking the...
Recognizing the nature of their work, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said that she would push for government services that will address the daily challenges faced by Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) employees. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo, a leader of the...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon has issued a memorandum addressed to Commissioner Aimee Ferolino asking her to explain writing the reason behind the delay in the resolution of the disqualification cases filed against Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Photo from Rowena...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan, which supports the tandem of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, has formally named eight senatorial candidates it will endorse in the May 2022 elections. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares) In an online proclamation event on...
In an attempt to rally their base voters, vice presidential hopeful Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan cited a Philippine poll "trend" that shows that early frontrunners in pre-election surveys always lose in the end. Vice President Leni Robredo (left) and Senator Kiko Pangilinan (OVP photo) "Sa...
