As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban officially took effect last Sunday Jan. 12, 2025, signalling the start of the election period for the May 2025 National and Local Elections, various checkpoints were also deployed nationwide as part of the poll body's implementation of Resolution...
Almost 200 candidates were already stripped of police security personnel as part of the election security measures and isolate the organization from partisan politics. Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the recall of police security from 197...
It is Vice President Sara Duterte's privilege to run for president in the next elections, Malacañang said. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (John Louie Abrina/ MANILA BULLETIN) "I think it’s too premature but it’s her privilege," Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said in an ambush interview...
Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido (File photo) Gone are the days that the New People’s Army (NPA) could influence the outcome of elections in the country, Philippine Army (PA) Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido said on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Galido said the military has practically...
Despite high inflation during its first full year in office, the Marcos Jr. administration is expected to buck the regional trend of dissatisfaction with incumbent administrations and is likely to maintain majority control in Congress in the forthcoming midterm elections slated for May, think tanks...
Former vice president Leni Robredo and ex-senator Bam Aquino have seemingly switched roles as Robredo becomes an active campaigner for Aquino’s senatorial bid in the upcoming midterm polls in May. (From left) Former vice president Leni Robredo and ex-senator Bam Aquino greet netizens in a...
Police Brig. Gen. Roger L. Quesada, director of the Police Regional Office 4B, has ordered all commanders in five provinces of the region to intensify the security measures to ensure a peaceful and orderly conduct of midterm elections on May 12. The election period already started on Jan. 12 and...
Vice President Sara Duterte is “seriously considering” running in the 2028 presidential elections. Vice President Sara Duterte (MB File Photo) This was what she told supporters during a meet-and-greet in Tokyo, Japan over the weekend. “Yes, ma’am! We are seriously...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office has introduced a mobile application to enhance the real-time monitoring of checkpoints in the May 12 elections. POLICE man an election checkpoint in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 12. (Photo courtesy of...
Police arrested 31 violators and confiscated at least 80 firearms on the first day of the implementation of the nationwide gun ban on Sunday, Jan. 12. Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the aggressive operations against unauthorized possession...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested the first gun ban violator in the May elections in Northern Mindanao or Region 10. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joann N. Navarro said the suspect was apprehended by the Tagoloan Municipal Police Station (MPS) of the...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A on Sunday launched Commission on Elections checkpoints to deter election violence and implement the gun ban in the Calabarzon region. POLICE conduct a Comelec checkpoint in Laguna. Lawmen conducted a checkpoint on the national highway in...
