The Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured on Thursday, May 12, that it will continue to ensure that elections in the country remain “credible, honest, accurate and clean.” Comelec/MB Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco made the assurance during Thursday’s press briefing after...
Potential winning senators in the May 9 polls take note. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be limiting the number of companions of the winning senators when they are proclaimed at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Tent in Pasay City. "We have to remind...
Days after the May 9 National and Local polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported that 835 cities and municipalities have already made their local proclamation. Comelec/MB In a press briefing on Wednesday, May 11, Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said this is around 54.43...
Despite the numerous reports that surfaced on social media during election day on May 9 regarding malfunctioning Vote Counting Machines (VCMs), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) maintained that no voter disenfranchisement occurred. Voters cast vote at Legarda Elementary School in Sampaloc,...
Record breaking. Comelec/MB This was how the Commission on Elections (Comelec) described the 88 percent voter turnout in the local absentee voting in the May 9 polls. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said such turnout was the highest. "I'm very glad to announce that the voter turnout...
The public can now check the results of the elections on the Commission on Elections’s (COMELEC) designated website. Comelec/MB “The election website results is up and running,” said COMELEC Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco during a press briefing Monday night, May 9. The...
Hours after the close of voting, the number of election returns (ERs) received by the server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reached 79.20 percent as of 11:09 p.m. Monday, May 9. Comelec/MB This means 84,092 out of the 106,174 local ERs expected to be received. As for overseas ERs, 110...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, will convene at the PICC Forum Tent in Pasay City in the afternoon of May 9. Comelec/MB "We will convene the NBOC for senators and partylist here at 3 p.m. tomorrow May 9," Comelec Acting Spokesperson John...
The next head of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will only serve in an officer-in-charge (OIC) capacity, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. Incumbent PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos is set to retire on May 8 and Año said he had already...
Shamaine Buencamino has been in show business for more than two decades now. An accomplished theater actress prior to making a huge jump doing TV and film work, many look up to the 57-year-old, revering her as an icon. Despite her success, however, Shamaine is only too quick to admit that acting is...
President Duterte has named Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar as the new acting presidential spokesman. Andanar’s appointment was confirmed in an advisory issued by Malacañang on Tuesday, March 8. In a Facebook post, Andanar welcomed the position,...
Petitioners seeking to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in the May 2022 polls on Friday, March 4, asked the Commission on Election (Comelec) to resolve the case that they filed as soon as possible. Copy of the urgent motion "Petitioners implore the Honorable...
