Former President Rodrigo Duterte remains a candidate for Davao City mayor in the May 2025 National and Local Elections, according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Ernest Maceda. "He's still a candidate because the only way you stop being a candidate is if you withdraw," he said on...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has formalized its partnership with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) through the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to improve voting access for senior citizens and persons...
Bayan Muna party-list on Monday, March 10, asked the Commission on Elections to investigate the massive and widespread black propaganda being perpetrated against them and other affected party-lists and candidates to file criminal cases. (Photo from Bayan Muna) In a letter to the Comelec sent by...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) With "dominant party status" recognition comes great responsibility. House Speaker Martin Romualdez has called on his fellow Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) stalwarts to take on...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez welcomed with pride the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) recognition of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) as the dominant majority party in the country ahead...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has declared Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats as the dominant majority party and the Nacionalista Party (NP) as the dominant minority party for the upcoming May 2025 polls. Commission on Elections This was according to Resolution No. 11119, promulgated...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro on Thursday, March 6, welcomed the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) decision to increase from five to 10 the service credits of government employees rendering service in the elections. Castro, a House deputy minority leader, called the development...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresssed its full support to the order of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against discrimination of vulnerable sectors during the election period. In Resolution No 11116, the Comelec said the discrimination against individuals from the vulnerable sectors...
Terminating Maj. Gen. Jesus Nelson Morales from his command at the Presidential Security Command (PSC) and designating a new commander did not violate any rule amid the ban on personnel movements within the government during the election period. PCO Undersecretary Claire Castro/ Presidential...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday, March 4, that they are looking to get an international certification for the Automated Election System (AES) before the end of the month. "Hopefully bago po matapos ang buwan na ito ay ang certification mula sa...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN)) A just and fair decision. That's how administration senatorial bet ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo described the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) decision to junk the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, March 4 urged the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System to investigate reports claiming that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has failed to obtain a legally-mandated certification on the security and accuracy of the...