CEBU CITY – Aside from two residents, a lawyer has also filed a petition before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking to disqualify dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes from next year’s polls. Lawyer Ervin Estandarte, a resident of Barangay Pagsabungan, Mandaue, asked the Comelec...
CEBU CITY – For allegedly lying in his Certificate of Candidacy (COC), dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas is facing a petition for disqualification before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). CORTES (center). (FB) Two petitioners, both residents of Barangay Labogon, Mandaue, accused...
CEBU CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reiterated that the automated counting machine (ACM) that will be used in next year’s elections is impossible to hack. Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said an ACM is equipped with a reliable system that is hacker-proof. COMMISSION on...
Further showing their commitment to transparency, Miru Systems said that they have opened their software to be used for the 2025 National and Local Elections to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Local Source Code Review (LSCR) this past week. Comelec Chairman George Garcia presented a sample of...
For Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino, participation of pro-labor groups in direct governance is an indication that a nation fully embraces freedom and democracy. He mentioned this in agreement with Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma's point of view....
Coalition Alyansa ng Nagkakaisang Mamamayan (ANIM) filed a petition on Friday, Oct. 18 before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking to disqualify political aspirants former President Rodrigo Duterte, Mathew Marcos Manotoc, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Senator Cynthia Villar and...
Senate Majority Leader Francis ‘Tol’ Tolentino praised the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the quality of its preparations for the 2025 mid-term elections, including the first parliamentary polls in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “I am glad to hear from...
Incumbent Antipolo City Mayor Casimiro "Junjun" Ynares III is seeking re-election for the same position. Ynares made the revelation on his official Facebook page on October 14, almost two weeks after he filed his COC as a mayoralty candidate in the Pilgrimage Capital of the Country. The city...
(Unsplash) With the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) finally over, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has called on the the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Information and Communications...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has expressed his strong support to the calls to increase compensation for teachers and poll workers. In relation to this, he renewed his call that these election-related benefits and allowances be made tax-exempt. "Napakahalaga ng gampanin ng...
DAVAO CITY – The Commission on Elections-Davao said that 1,437 candidates filed Certificates of Candidacy for the 2025 elections in the Davao region from October 1 to 8. Ninety-eight are from this city, six for mayor and four for vice mayor. Five candidates are vying for the first...
A candidate backed out of the race for the position of mayor of Pateros, the lone municipality in Metro Manila, in the May 12, 2025 national and local elections (NLE). On Oct. 11, Pateros Councilor and independent candidate Dominador Rosales Jr. withdrew his certificate of candidacy...
