The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday, March 5 reminded beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to be cautious of political candidates exploiting the program for electoral gain. In the DSWD’s online show, “4Ps Fastbreak,” 4Ps Social...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday, March 4, that they are looking to get an international certification for the Automated Election System (AES) before the end of the month. "Hopefully bago po matapos ang buwan na ito ay ang certification mula sa...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has dismissed the petition for disqualification case against senatorial candidates ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo and Ben Tulfo, as well as three of their relatives. In a six-page decision, the First Division resolved to dismiss the petition...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, March 4 urged the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System to investigate reports claiming that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has failed to obtain a legally-mandated certification on the security and accuracy of the...
At least 29 election-related violent incidents have been reported since the start of the filing of certificate of candidacy for the May 12 midterm elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, March 4. In an interview after a conference with officials...
Police have arrested 34 individuals for violating the election gun ban in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Police Regional Office–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) chief Police Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz said that 36 assorted firearms were seized from the...
Zambales 1st district Rep. Jefferson Khonghun (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) House Assistant Majority Leader Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun has raised concerns over possible foreign interference in the upcoming May 12 mid-term...
When asked on the key issue candidates must champion in the midterm elections, business magnate Manuel V. Pangilinan, or MVP, didn’t mince words; and he called it as it is: voters must see through the hollow promises, and leaders must do more than talk; they must create quality jobs. Government...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-three policemen from Negros Occidental with relatives running in the elections have been temporarily reshuffled to other police stations in the province to prevent any potential misuse of authority. Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the Negros Occidental...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) vowed a more intensified campaign against loose firearms as the May election approaches. POLICE Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, examines firearms turned over to the Cebu Provincial Police Office....
As the holy month of Ramadan starts, the commander of the police forces in Western Mindanao has expressed optimism that the midterm elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BARMM) in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) would be peaceful and orderly. But more than the expression of hope is the aggressive...
A petition for disqualification has been filed anew against leading senatorial candidate ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo. In the 22-page petition provided by Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia, petitioners Berteni Cataluña Causing, Graft-Free Philippines...
