The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and its technology provider for the automated election system (AES) Smartmatic are not liable for the data privacy violations that occurred in 2022, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) stated. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) started on Wednesday, Jan. 11 the printing of ballots for the special elections that will determine who will hold the vacated House of Representatives (HOR) seat in the [7th Legislative District of the province of...
Supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte were all praises for the official for not forgetting her campaign promise of visiting them after the election season is over. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) She revisited some sectors on Saturday, Dec. 17, for her “Balik-Pasasalamat.” Chareto...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez urged his constituents, especially new voters, to register for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections that are scheduled on October 30 next year. Olivarez made the call on Saturday, Dec. 10, after he received the schedule of voters’ registration from...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc issued on Friday, Nov. 25, to the parties of Joseph San Juan Armogila and Albay Governor Noel Rosal a Certificate of Finality and Entry of Judgment in relation to the disqualification case of the Bicol official. MB file photo In a statement released by...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured on Thursday, Nov. 24 that it would conduct proper and timely publishing of its calendar of events as members of the poll body were held in contempt by the Supreme Court (SC). MB file photo This was after the poll body failed to implement the court’s...
The Covid-19 pandemic is enough reason for lawmakers to postpone the barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections and move them to the first Monday of December 2023. Mountain Province Rep. Maximo Dalog Jr. presides the House committe hearing on the proposed postponement of the...
The postponement of the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls to December 2023 will incur an additional P5 billion on top of the P8 billion that has been allocated for it, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) chief said on Tuesday, Aug. 16. Comelec Chairman George Garcia (Photo...
The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms on Tuesday, Aug. 16, postponed the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, initially scheduled on Dec. 5, 2022, to the first Monday of December 2023. Citizens line up to register with the Commission on Elections (FILE PHOTO/MANILA...
Another lawmaker, this time from Mindanao, has joined the mounting calls to postpone the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Screenshot from House of Representatives Livestream) Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman has filed a bill to reschedule the Dec. 5...
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's elections last year, demanded Wednesday that parliament be dissolved and new national polls be called. This image grab taken from from Al-Iraqiya TV on August 3, 2022, shows Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Polls Tuesday showed Conservative Liz Truss ahead in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, even as she came under fierce fire in Scotland and was forced into a policy U-turn. Contender to become the country's next Prime minister and leader of the Conservative...
