Police raided on Wednesday, Oct. 25, a warehouse in Navotas City where vote-buying was allegedly being held, resulting in the arrest of a woman who became the first to be apprehended for the election offense in Metro Manila. Police Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr., director of the...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – The Laguna Provincial Police Office (LPPO) has created the Kontra-Bigay committee and complaint center against vote-buying in the barangay elections on October 30. Laguna police chief Police Col. Harold Depositar cited Commission on Election...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma asked Church workers and members of the laity running in the barangay elections on October 30 to resign or take a leave of absence. PALMA (FB) Palma said resigning or taking a leave of absence will prevent people from suspecting that the Church is being used...
With the start of the campaign period in Thursday, Oct. 19, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reminded the candidates of the infractions that may be considered as vote-buying or vote-selling in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a statement,...
(Unsplash) Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia said the poll body is ready to address "modern vote-buying"--which is carried out via transfers to e-wallets--in the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Garcia gave...
Malasakit@Bayanihan Party-list Rep. Anthony Golez wants to criminalize both the acts of vote-buying and vote-selling, which is believed to be a common activity during every election season. Workers check the printed official ballots to be used for the upcoming 2022 National and Local Elections at...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that 17 vote buying/selling cases have already been filed at the poll body in relation to the recent conduct of the May 2022 general elections. There are already 17 "docketed verified complaint-affidavit for vote buying/selling" at the poll...
A “vote-buying” complaint was filed against Biñan City, Laguna Representative Marlyn “Len” Alonte-Naguiat, Mayor Walfredo “Arman” Dimaguila Jr., and Vice Mayor Angelo “Gel” Alonte before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, June 23. Complaint-Affidavit The...
More than 1,000 reports on vote buying have been reported to the Task Force Kontra Bigay, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday, May 30. Comelec/MB Comelec said the Kontra Bigay- Facebook page received and responded to 940 messages while its official email received and responded to 171...
The sudden increase in mobile phone sales in at least three municipalities in Surigao del Sur cannot be directly attributed to incidents of vote-buying, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disclosed Sunday, May 15. Director John Rex Laudiangco, Comelec acting spokesperson. (Photo...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received more than 1,000 reports of vote-buying incidents that are related to the recently held national and local elections but a poll commissioner said these have not significantly affected the outcome of the elections. Comelec Commissioner Aimee Ferolino...
Kakie Pangilinan, daughter of Kiko Pangilinan and Sharon Cuneta, earned mixed reactions joining several other protesters that gathered at the Palacio Del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila, Tuesday, May 10. A video interview of her there went viral. She related, “Sabi ng iba na we have to accept...
