Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Friday, January 24 that it would no longer remove poll aspirants' names even if they would withdraw their candidacy for the May 2025 national and local elections. In an interview on Teleradyo Serbisyo, Garcia said that they...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Tempering the runaway prices of basic goods through legislation--that's the mission statement of Galing sa Puso (GP) Party-list, which is eyeing a seat in the House of Representatives in the upcoming mid-term polls. Lawyer JP...
A dinner held for former senator Bam Aquino turned into a reunion of sorts as various artists and influencers who backed the 2022 presidential run of former vice president Leni Robredo once more volunteered for Aquino’s senatorial bid. Photos of the gathering were posted on various social...
With the Supreme Court's (SC) issuance of temporary restraining orders (TROs) that allowed the participation of two more candidates, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has opted again to reschedule the printing of ballots for the May 2025 elections. Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo remains the frontrunner in the Pre-Election Senatorial Preferential Survey conducted by Tangere from Jan. 8 to 11, despite experiencing a 5 percent drop in his voter preference. In the survey results released on Wednesday, Jan. 22, Tulfo holds a 58 percent...
CEBU CITY – He may be lagging in surveys but retired Col. Ariel Querubin is liking what he’s seeing with his senatorial bid. SENATORIAL bet retired Col. Ariel Querubin answers questions from the media during a press conference in Cebu City on Monday, Jan. 20. (Calvin Cordova) Querubin was...
At least 250 violators were apprehended in the first week of the nationwide implementation of gun ban for the midterm elections, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The same election security resulted in the confiscation of 255 firearms. Based on the PNP data, Metro...
In the past three elections, misinformation usually from social media influencers and trolls were observed to have played a key role in shaping the outcome of local and national polls. And Philippine National Police (PNP) Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil even branded misinformation as more alarming...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Saturday, Jan. 18, that it will comply with the temporary restraining orders (TROs) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday, Jan. 17. The SC issued three more TROs that halted Comelec from disqualifying three candidates in three towns in the May 2025...
ILOILO CITY – An initial list of 17 areas with election-related concerns in the upcoming elections have been identified in Western Visayas region. DENNIS Ausan (center), head of the Commission on Elections-6, with other members of the Western Visayas Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating...
TACLOBAN CITY – More than 10,000 personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, and Philippine Coast Guard will be deployed across Eastern Visayas to secure the 2025 elections. They will work together with the Commission on Elections-Regional Office 8. Security...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri has filed a bill seeking to include the Province of Sulu in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). SB 2915 sets a plebiscite for this purpose and allows its constituents to once again vote on Sulu's inclusion, "now guided by the positive...
