The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received a total of 223 applications for exemption from the gun ban in effect since the beginning of the election period, it said on Wednesday, Jan. 12. Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) conduct random inspections on motorist passing through...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to start the printing of ballots that will be used in the May 2022 polls on Jan. 17. Comelec/MB "We hope to be able to start printing by Jan. 17. So right now we are preparing to hold a walkthrough of National Printing Office (NPO) on Jan. 15. We are...
The Manila Bulletin (MB) will comply with an order issued by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to attend a "clarificatory meeting" on Jan. 25, 2022, where it will present pieces of evidence it was able to obtain regarding the alleged breach of Commission on Election (Comelec) servers. Manila...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has denied the petition of PDP-Laban seeking to re-open the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COC) in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "It was denied as well as the petition to suspend elections until 2025. Both of them resoundingly denied," Comelec...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sheriff Abas dismissed the report that the poll body's server was breached, compromising voter's sensitive information. Comelec/MB A Manila Bulletin (MB) report was published on Jan. 10 stating that group of hackers allegedly breached Comelec's servers and...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is now investigating the reported hacking and data breach on servers of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB In a statement on Wednesday, Jan. 12, NPC Commissioner John Henry D. Naga said the poll body was ordered to appear for a "clarificatory...
The Malasakit Movement has been excluded in the official ballot. Comelec/MB In a notice, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Office of the Clerk of the Commission said the group was excluded citing the resolution of its pending incident. "The OCOC hereby notifies that party-list registrant...
Just like in the 2016 polls, Vice President Leni Robredo said that her critics are once more conditioning the mind of the public through their “trolls” to believe that there will be massive cheating in the upcoming May elections after groups alleged that her camp is behind the hacking of the...
Malacañang admitted Tuesday, Jan. 11, that it is "concerned" by the reported hacking of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) servers just a few months ahead of the May 2022 polls. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) "We will await any update to be pronounced by Comelec regarding this ‘no," Cabinet...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will release this week the final report on the alleged hacking of their servers. Comelec/MB "Before the week ends we will release a final report on that because the meeting with all our different units will only start this morning," Comelec Spokesperson James...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) removed a presidential aspirant from its tentative list of candidates on Tuesday, Jan. 11. Comelec/MB Independent presidential bet Gerald Arcega was removed from the updated tentative list of candidates of the Comelec for the upcoming May 2022 national and...
The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the reported hacking of its servers and to ensure the integrity of its system and the upcoming elections. In a statement Tuesday, Jan. 11, Marcos Jr.s' spokesman,...
