The Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Pateros and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have set up several checkpoints in the municipality as the gun ban for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections started on Jan. 9. According to Comelec-Pateros head Armando Mallorca, all vehicles will be...
Senatorial aspirant and retired police general Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar urged on Sunday, Jan. 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to consider setting up separate voting rooms or voting areas for senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and individuals with comorbidities for the May...
Five more party-list groups were included by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the official ballot. Comelec/MB In a Notice dated Jan. 7, the Comelec identified the said groups and their designated number as the following: (174) Ayuda sa may Kapansanan; (175) Abante Sambayanan (SAMBAYANAN);...
Starting midnight, Jan. 9, the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be setting up checkpoints across the country to strictly implement the nationwide gun ban as part of the security measures for the local and national elections on May 9 this year. PNP spokesperson Police Col. Rhoderick Augustus...
The Southern Police District (SPD) is readying to set up checkpoints in the southern part of Metro Manila for the imposition of Commission on Election (Comelec) gun ban from Jan. 9 to June 8. SPD director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg said they will establish checkpoints to effectively implement the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division ordered on Friday, Jan. 7, the petitioners as well as the camp of the respondent Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to submit their respective memoranda within 48 hours in connection to the disqualification case filed against the presidential...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has apologized for not attending the Commission on Elections (Comelec) preliminary conference on the disqualification petitions against him. In a statement Friday, his camp said Marcos Jr., through his close friend and former congressman Anton...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has given political aspirants until Jan. 31 to register their online accounts with the Education and Information Department (EID). Comelec/MB This was stated under Resolution No. 10748, promulgated on Dec. 16 which explained the clarification of Section 9C (1)...
The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Friday, Jan. 7, commended the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for its decision to declare two other individuals with the same surname who filed a certificate for candidate for presidency just nuisance candidates. Lawyer Vic...
Convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan believe that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will do the right thing and implement the law on the disqualification case against presidential aspirant former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares)...
Eleven presidential aspirants made it in the tentative list of candidates for the May 9,2022 National and Local Elections. Photo courtesy Comelec There were 15 presidential aspirants in the previous list. Based on the list posted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on its website, the 11...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has yet to resolve the petition of PDP Laban seeking to re-open the filing of certificates of candidacy in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "The en banc deferred resolution of the petition for the reopening of the period for filing COCs," Comelec Spokesperson...