CEBU CITY – Voter’s registration for this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections ended on Tuesday, Jan. 31, with the Commission on Elections recording close to 200,000 new voters in Central Visayas. The Comelec-7 said it recorded 175,980 new registrants since the registration...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) saw a high registration turnout during the last day of voter registration on Tuesday, Jan. 31. The situation at Cotabato City as of 9:34 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, the last day of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) voter registration. (Photo courtesy...
CAVITE – A man was arrested for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban implemented in connection with the upcoming special elections in the province’s 7th district. In a statement, Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) says the suspect, identified as Mayaco Pacasum Jr., was...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) once again urged eligible Filipinos to register for them to participate in this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Comelec Chairman George Garcia invited eligible individuals to file their application on or before the...
Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman George Erwin Garcia reiterated on Friday, Jan. 27 his warning to qualified voters not to intentionally register multiple times to avoid the possible penalty of 1 to 6 years of imprisonment. New registrants flock to the Comelec office in Arroceros, Manila...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Friday, Jan. 27 that the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) has certified the Automated Election System (AES) to be used for the Special Elections for the Member, House of Representatives in the 7th Legislative District of the Province of Cavite...
"We will appeal to the Supreme Court." Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III issued this statement in reaction to a decision of the second division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that former Energy Secretary Alfonso. Cusi and his faction are the ‘’true’’ and original...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc denied on Friday, Jan. 27 the Motion for Reconsideration (MR) Ex Abundanti Ad Cautelam filed by former Senator Manny Pacquiao and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on the Resolution of the Commission Special Second Division. MB file photo In...
Senator Raffy Tulfo is seeking congressional approval of a bill seeking to declare an elective official automatically resigned from his elective office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy (COC). In filing Senate Bill No. 1683, Tulfo proposed the restoration of the old law, Batas...
Months before the scheduled Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) slated in October, the idea of automating the said polls was floated, something the top official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) considers innovative. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct...
The Commission on Elections has reached its projection of 1.5 million applicants nearly a week before the voter registration ends on Jan. 31. Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia talks during a press conference at their office in Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023. (Ali Vicoy) In the data...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez hailed Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials on Tuesday, Jan. 24 for holding what he described as "the best election in the world" during the May 9, 2022 national polls. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Romualdez gave...
