The camp of presidential candidate and survey frontrunner Bongbong Marcos has officially declined the Commission on Election's (Comelec) invite for its presidential panel interview. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) “With less than two weeks before the May 9...
Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday said he favors the postponement of the December 2022 barangay elections so that the government can start desynchronizing the barangya and local polls. Should he secure a seat in the Senate in the upcoming...
House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta is no longer running for senator in the May 2022 polls. Rodante Marcoleta (Comelec photo) Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia confirmed that Marcoleta filed his statement of withdrawal on April 21. "He went to my office carrying his...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will destroy the defective ballots on May 7. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia announced this information to the media on Wednesday, April 27. "We will destroy the defective ballots on May 7 at the National Printing Office in the presence of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not suspending its online precinct finder. Comelec/MB This, amid the call of a poll lawyer to suspend it after receiving complaints from some voters. "We shouldn't remove the Precinct Finder system. Many have called for its return. Now that it's back, why...
Although it is not in favor of taxing the honoraria of teachers, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is beyond their jurisdiction. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (Photo courtesy of Comelec FB) “Subalit iyan po ay (However, that is) beyond the jurisdiction of the Commission...
The first day of the local absentee voting for the May 2022 polls was generally peaceful, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said Wednesday, April 27. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan casting his vote for the local absentee voting on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at the session hall of the poll...
Following the arrest of three alleged hackers promising candidates of a sure win in the upcoming polls, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Wednesday, April 27, warned candidates of such rampant scams during the election season. (DICT) Undersecretary...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Wednesday, April 27, asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to suspend its online Precinct Finder, saying it is causing confusion among voters and it may lead to massive disfranchisement. Romulo Macalintal "I think its time to suspend the use of this. I...
Palace hopeful and survey frontrunner Bongbong Marcos considers his controversial loss in the 2016 vice presidential race as all part of God's greater plans rom him. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and his May 2022 Palace race rival, Vice President Leni Robredo (Photos from Lakas-CMD...
The Igorot Warriors International, Inc. (IWI), a party-list composed of members of cultural minorities in the country, can no longer participate in the upcoming May 2022 polls. MB file photo This is despite the Supreme Court's reversal of Comelec's ruling as it allowed the registration and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping to resolve the issue regarding the two factions of PDP-Laban before coming out with the resolution on the dominant majority and minority parties. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said this on Tuesday, April 26, the day when the poll body...
