Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday expressed concern about the integrity of the upcoming elections after lawmakers discovered the breach in the operations of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec)​ service contractor, Smartmatic. Sotto said it is necessary for the Senate...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be expediting the resolution of all pending cases. Comelec/MB "We agreed to expedite all pending petitions in the En banc and in the divisions," Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan said in a press briefing Thursday, March 17. He said this include...
Groups of teachers and education workers decried the 20 percent tax on honorarium for teachers who will serve as poll workers in the upcoming 2022 elections in May. Public school teachers undergo training in Manila for the May 2022 elections. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “Our teachers who chose...
"The Comelec system was not hacked. Clear and simple." Comelec/MANILA BULLETIN file photo These were the words of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Irwin Garcia on Thursday, March 17 regarding the alleged hacking of the poll body's system in time for the upcoming May 2022...
Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao has warned the public against political candidates who are skipping public debates as he said such type of candidate "act with impunity without regard for any accountability." Pacquiao on Thursday told voters not to "expect any accountability and demand...
Returning senatorial hopefuls Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano were the top senate preferences in the latest independent and non-commissioned Publicus Asia survey released on Thursday, March 17. Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano (Mb file photo) This survey or Pahayag National Tracker...
Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte are still the leading preferred picks for the presidential and vice presidential posts, respectively, results of the latest independent and non-commissioned Publicus Asia survey disclosed on Thursday, March 17. (Photo...
After about two months of investigation and various denials from different concerned agencies, lawmakers on Thursday, March 17 confirmed that there was "indeed a security breach" in the operations of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) service contractor, Smartmatic. Senator Imee Marcos,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 2 (DILG-R2) has joined a webinar to address the concerns of the public and government agencies for the May 9 elections. Dubbed as “TAYO sa 2022 (Taking Action, Yielding to Objective Results in the 2022 Elections), it aims to...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Thursday, March 17, expressed elation over Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) decision to allow random sampling of ballots which have been printed without the presence of candidates’ observers. (Screenshot taken from Macalintal’s FB Live) On March 15,...
Newly appointed Commissioner George Garcia is now part of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division. Comelec/MB Garcia will join Commissioners Marlon Casquejo (presiding) and Rey Bulay (member). Commissioner Aimee Neri, on the other hand, will be part of the First Division which is...
Candidates running for local positions in the Municipality of Pateros in Metro Manila gathered on March 17 for the peace covenant signing for the May 9 national and local elections. The signing was held at the San Roque Parish Church in Pateros and led by the Commission on Elections (Comelec),...
