More than 1,000 reports on vote buying have been reported to the Task Force Kontra Bigay, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday, May 30. Comelec/MB Comelec said the Kontra Bigay- Facebook page received and responded to 940 messages while its official email received and responded to 171...
Trolls, be warned. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) After the conduct of the May 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 30, said it will push for a law against the utilization of social media trolls during the campaign period....
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday, May 29, welcomed the approval of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on granting additional honoraria for select teachers for their extended service during the 2022 National and Local Elections on May 9, 2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will shutdown on Monday, May 30, the three automated elections system (AES) servers and network infrastructure used in the May 9 polls. Comelec/MB The poll body announced the shutdown in an advisory Sunday, May 29. "The public is hereby informed that the...
Incoming partylist representative Bonifacio Bosita is bringing with him to the House of Representatives his fight to protect the rights of riders which according to him, is something that he has been advocating since 2006. (Jel Santos / MANILA BULLETIN) Bosita told reporters after being proclaimed...
The additional pay approved by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to compensate for the extended election service of poll workers was welcomed by teachers’ groups. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are glad that the Comelec approved our just demands for overtime compensation,” the Alliance...
For Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan the May 9 polls surpassed their expectations. Comelec chairman Saidamen Pangarungan gives his message as the Comelec sitting en banc as the national board of canvassers proclaimed the 55 winning part-list representative groups held...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, May 26, proclaimed the 55 winning party-list groups in the 2022 polls. Comelec chairman Saidamen Pangarungan gives his message as the Comelec sitting en banc as the national board of canvassers proclaimed the 55 winning part-list representative...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued an urgent memorandum asking the Provincial Election Supervisors (PES) to explain the cases of missing certificates of canvass (COCs) that occured during the canvassing of votes of the House of Representatives and Senate. MB file photo The urgent...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said on Thursday, May 26 that it will be "unfair" not to proclaim winning party-list groups who have pending cases since the poll body has done it in the past. Commissioner George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) "I think it's so unfair simply...
The Commission on Elections Employees' Union (Comelec-EU) has expressed its “full and unequivocal” support for the confirmation of Saidamen B. Pangarungan as chairperson of the poll body. Comelec Chairperson Saidamen B. Pangarungan (Office of Chairperson Pangarungan) In a statement of support...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will push through with the proposed random technical audit of secure digital (SD) cards that were used in the May 9 national and local elections. Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said the...
