Malacañang has confirmed the nomination of Nelson Java Celis as Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner. Comelec/MB "Malacañang confirms the nomination of Mr. Nelson Celis to Comelec as a Commissioner," Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said on Monday, Aug. 15. The nomination was...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, August 15, welcomed the nomination of Nelson Java Celis as poll commissioner. Comelec/MB Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia, together with Commissioners Socorro B. Inting, Marlon S. Casquejo, Aimee P....
The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) wants to see changes in the country's voter registration process. Namfrel In a statement on Monday, August 15, the poll watchdog group recommended to the Legislature the following: • Allow data sharing agreements between the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is eyeing to start the printing of official ballots for the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls next month. Comelec/MB In an online forum on Sunday, August 14, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said based on their timetable, they need to start...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said the May 2022 national and local elections is the most successful poll ever held in the country. Comelec/MB He said this during the last leg of post-election assessment for automated election system gathering held in General Santos...
The petition to cancel the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of Puerto Princesa Mayor Lucilo R. Bayron has been dismissed last January, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) clarified on Thursday, Aug. 11. MB file photo "This is a reaction statement on issues circulating that Comelec purportedly...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, August 10, said it fully supports the passage of House Bill No. 1709 entitled “An Act Defining and Declaring Vote-Buying as a Heinous Crime." Comelec/MB Filed by Malasakit at Bayanihan Rep. Anthony Golez, Jr, the bill seeks to escalate the...
Through electoral reforms, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia vowed to remove the distrust that the public has on the poll body. Comelec Chairman George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) In an interview on ANC's Dateline Philippines, Garcia said that the poll body was able to do...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is prepared to hold the different plebiscites and the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls this year. Comelec/MB "The Comelec is prepared in the event that a national or local elections is held close to these plebiscites," Comelec...
Commissioner Rey Bulay is the head of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Steering Committee for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said Bulay's vice chair is Commissioner Aimee Ferolino. The poll official,...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia attended his first flag ceremony as poll chief on Monday, August 8. Comelec Chairman George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) Due to the rain, the flag raising was held at the Comelec Session Hall instead of outside the Palacio del Gobernador building in...
The issuance of voter's certification at the Commissiom on Elections (Comelec) main office in Intramuros, Manila resumed Monday, August 8. Comelec/MB In an advisory, the poll body said, applicants may proceed to the National Central File Division, Election Records and Statistics Department,...
