Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Aimee Neri will head the New Normal Committee of the poll body. Comelec Commissioner Aimee Neri during joint press conference with DILG on April 7, 2022 (Screenshot/DILG FB) Neri said she was appointed to the post Wednesday, April 6. "Just yesterday, I...
Senators on Thursday lauded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the “timely response” of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow the continued distribution of fuel subsidy to the public sector. “The order to allow the resumption of fuel subsidy distribution to public utility...
As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) continues to subject more printed ballots to verification and quality control, more ballots were found defective by the poll body, making the total hit more than 220,000. On March 31, Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia bared that over 170,000 ballots were...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia is hoping that more cases will be filed regarding election offenses and that complaints will not just stay on social media and will formally be addressed. MB file photo He made the statement during a press briefing on Wednesday,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is eyeing the suspension of overseas voting in seven countries. Comelec/MB "I think we will be declaring a suspension of election in certain areas like in Baghdad, Iraq; in Tripoli, Algeria, Chad, Tunisia, Libya; in Islamabad, Afghanistan; and in Ukraine,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said registered overseas voters who had to move after the close of the registration period to another country or area under the jurisdiction of another Post can still vote if said Post is implementing personal voting. Comelec/MB The Comelec said this is by...
Drivers, farmers and other target beneficiaries will just have to wait a little longer before the distribution of fuel subsidies as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Wednesday, April 6 the approval of the petition of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)...
After the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) en banc session on Wednesday, April 6, the poll body announced the creation of Task Force Kontra Fake News. Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said the task force was created to “make a point” and eliminate any attempt by anyone to destroy the...
A total of 2,345 individuals were arrested while 13,895 firearms were surrendered as of April 5 with the election campaign period heating up, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. In a press briefing with the President on Tuesday night, April 5, Año...
PASAHERO Party-list is urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to “promptly and favorably” act on the request of the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to exempt the distribution public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers' fuel subsidy from the election public spending...
Ronnie Dayan, the co-accused in cases filed by the Department of Justice against Sen. Leila de Lima, has refuted the statement of presidential candidate and Sen. Manny Pacquiao that he received and delivered money that allegedly came from illegal drug trading at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in...
Independent presidential candidate Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has questioned the suspension of fuel subsidies to public utility vehicle (PUV) operators and drivers by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) during the election period from March 25 to May 8. Without a legal...
