The Commission on Elections (Comelec) started on Tuesday, April 22, the deployment of the first batch of official ballots for the May 2025 national and local elections, with deliveries beginning in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). (Photo from Comelec) In an interview,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has approved a total of 57,689 applicants for Local Absentee Voting (LAV) for the May 2025 National and Local Elections. Commission on Elections According to data from the Committee on Local Absentee Voting, the approved LAV applicants include members of the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A supporter of mayoral candidate Karen Marpuri Ballesteros of Claveria town, Masbate province was allegedly shot and wounded by a policeman escorting Mayor Frolian Andeza while she was campaigning in Barangay Peñafrancia on Easter Sunday. BALLESTEROS (FB) Police identified...
SWS Just a month before the May 12 elections, nine candidates from the administration’s senatorial slate Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas are leading the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) voter preference survey conducted from April 11 to 15. The survey commissioned by Stratbase revealed that...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (left), Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Two high-ranking congressmen have sounded the alarm over the sheer glut of fake,...
Senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan has vowed to address the issue of the 15-kilometer municipal water zone through legislation if he wins a Senate seat in the May elections. Former Senator Kiko Pangilinan holds a dialogue with farmers and fisherfolk in Romblon on April 16, 2025. (Photo courtesy...
LOILO CITY — As the Holy Week comes to a close, the Commission on Elections-6 urged voters and candidates to reflect. COMELEC-6 Regional Director Dennis Ausan speaks to the media in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “In the spirit of Lent, it is a time of reflection,” said Comelec-6...
Less than a month before the midterm elections in May, authorities arrested two Singaporeans and a Filipino allegedly involved in gun-running activities, and confiscated from them assorted high-powered firearms, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Black Saturday, April 19. The PNP’s...
Amid the deployment of an election observers mission to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the European Union’s Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) assured that it is ready for even the “most challenging” situations to fulfill its goal of assessing the election...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia reminded candidates that poll campaigning is prohibited on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia "Absolutely no campaigning on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. It is the law. No...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) anti-discriminatory panel filed a motu proprio petition for disqualification against Pasig City congressional candidate Christian "Ian" Sia on Wednesday, April 16. Pasig City congressional candidate Christian "Ian" Sia ((Photo from Christian "Ian" Sia Facebook...
The European Union (EU) for the first time has deployed 72 long-term election observers under its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to the Philippines to monitor and assess the process of the May 2025 midterm elections, EU-EOM Deputy Chief Observer Manuel Sanchez de Nogues said on Wednesday, April...
