The Department of Education (DepEd) condemned the use of “Dakila Ka, Bayani Ka” in a political video without “prior permission from the song’s composer and performers.” Screenshot of the video posted at Martin DV Facebook page “While we respect the political choice of the medical...
Unless a disqualification case would be filed against a party-list group, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, March 30 their privileges to participate in the party-list system should be respected. (AFP FILE / MB file photo) In an interview, Commissioner George Irwin Garcia told...
The public must expect more clashes of wits and passions during the second PiliPinas Debates 2022 for presidential candidates this coming Sunday, April 3, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said. This, as the commissioner told the media that the format of the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said more areas will soon also have peace covenants for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said the areas set to have peace covenants are Zamboanga City, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, General Santos City, Maguindanao, and Cotabato...
In a bid to get more volunteers before the May 2022 elections, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has urged netizens to use its “Uvatars” as profile pictures on social media. The poll watchdog has created clip art illustrations or “Uvatars” of the type of volunteers...
Priests from the Prelature of Infanta announced their support for presidential hopeful Leni Robredo and running mate Kiko Pangilinan in the May 2022 polls. Photo Prelature of Infanta FB In a statement on March 25, the clergy said their support for the tandem is a fight “against stealing,...
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...
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...
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...
OSLO, Norway -- Nearly half of Ukrainians aged 18-55 are ready to fight to defend their country against Russia, a poll conducted by a Norwegian research centre suggested on Saturday. Around 70 percent percent of men and 30 percent of women said they were willing to take up arms, according to the...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson Saidamen B. Pangarungan on Saturday, March 26, said Pres. Duterte is determined to ensure that the upcoming May 2022 elections will be honest, orderly, and peaceful.” (Photo courtesy of the Office of Chair. Pangarungan) “President Duterte is...
