The Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued on Friday, April 4, 2025, a show cause order against lawyer Christian "Ian" Sia, who is running for Pasig lone district representative, asking him to explain why a complaint for election offense and/or a petition for disqualification should not be filed...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is prepared to deploy Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) as a contingency measure should the Supreme Court (SC) ask it to stop the implementation of a resolution on remote online voting for overseas Filipino voters. (MB file photo/Mark Balmores) "May 16,000 na...
More than a month before the May 2025 midterm polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is taking on another herculean task: distributing over 60 million voter information sheets (VIS) to all registered voters nationwide. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia,...
CEBU CITY – A lawyer and candidate for congressman of the first district of Bohol has sought the reassignment of the provincial election supervisor in the province. PIZARRAS Jordan Pizarras, who is running under Aksyon Demokratiko, raised concerns of impartiality when he formally sought the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged artists and musicians on Monday, March 31, to file formal complaints against those who use their songs in their campaign without their permission. (MB file photo) This was after OPM band Lola Amour shared on Facebook that there were a lot of candidates...
Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (Facebook) Administration senatorial bet Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has reiterated his pitch for the Philippine National Police (PNP) or Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to assign security personnel--preferably from the...
Citing the long-standing role of educators in electoral duties, a group on Friday, March 28, urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to prioritize public school teachers in the selection of Electoral Board (EB) support staff. Public school teachers learn how to use a vote-counting machine...
Signatures from voters upon receiving their respective voter information sheets (VIS) will not be used for other endeavors such as People's Initiative (PI). Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia inspects printed voter information sheets (VIS) at the National Printing...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia urged voters not to vote for candidates who keep violating election laws. Commission on Elections chairperson George Erwin Garcia and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairperson Romando Artes led the simultaneous nationwide...
Local poll bets will now be under the jurisdiction of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) existing election laws as the campaign period for local candidates begins today, Friday, March 28. Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia "Sa mga kumakandidato, tandaan lang, lagi po tayong tatalima sa...
DAVAO CITY – The Lidasan clan condemned on Thursday, March 27, the ambush and brutal killing of Commission on Elections official Bai Maceda Lidasan Abo and her husband, Datu Jojo Abo, in Barangay Makir in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte on Wednesday, March 26. The couple were on their...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia will recommend placing Datu Odin Sinsuat under Comelec control following the death of an election officer and her husband. Maceda Lidasan-Abo was killed along with her husband Jojo Abo in an ambush on Wednesday morning, March 26. "Kaya...
