Commissioner Aimee Ferolino of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division said there is still reasonable time for her office to craft an impartial resolution in relation to the petitions for disqualification filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Comelec/MB...
Lawmakers are calling for the repeat of the conduct of the mock elections by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) after flagging various technical concerns. Issues include misread ballots, paper jam due to non-alignment of ballot box and vote counting machines and rejected ballots due to smudges...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, Jan. 28 conducted the virtual raffle of slots in connection with the conduct of the e-rally next month. Comelec/MB The virtual raffle was led by Elaiza David, director of the Comelec Education and Information Department. Based on the result of the...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo was overwhelmed with the support she's getting from the Ilocos Region despite the area being the bailiwick of her rival for the presidency. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) In an online rally for Robredo and running mate Senator Francis "Kiko"...
Wondering what will happen to Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon's vote to disqualify presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in the May 2022 polls after her mandatory retirement on Feb. 2? Romulo Macalintal Poll lawyer Romulo Macalintal said if Guanzon...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), said Friday there was no hacking on the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) website but they believed the system of the poll body's software...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon challenged on Friday, Jan. 28, Partido Federal ng Pilipinas' (PFP) general counsel to a debate on television and tell her what she violated when she announced her vote to disqualify presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos Jr. (Photo from...
Kontra Daya on Friday, Jan. 28, asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate Commissioner Rowena Guanzon's allegation of influence-peddling in relation to the disqualification cases of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Kontra Daya In a statement, the poll watchdog...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo wants to incentivize the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and telecommunication companies in a bid to decentralize the industry and offer more work-from-home arrangements to Filipinos. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA...
The Philippines and United States (US) will continue to have a "strong and productive relationship" regardless of who wins the presidency in the May 2022 elections, a US diplomat said Thursday, Jan. 27. US Embassy in Manila Charges d’Affaires Heather Variava US Embassy in Manila Charges...
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones expressed her gratitude to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for granting the increase of the honorarium of the members of electoral boards which will be composed of teachers. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I would like to express our...
Veteran actress Rita Avila expressed disappointment relating to how seasoned TV host Boy Abunda conducted his recent interview with Vice President Leni Robredo. The 53-year-old wrote on Instagram: "Mr. Boy Abunda, I love you but I feel something heavy while you are talking to VP Leni. You keep on...
