The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 26, placed six municipalities in Maguindanao, and one city and one municipality in Lanao del Sur under Comelec control. Comelec/MB In a statement, Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan said the Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rey E. Bulay believes that there was “lack of wisdom or something questionable” in the process of the poll body’s debates deal with Impact Hub Manila. (Photo courtesy of Comelec) “I agree, I agree with you, definitely,” he answered when asked...
Educating the public on election-related concerns should be the focus of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), not warnings, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said on Tuesday, April 26. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) "There are election laws and processes in place to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping that the arrested three alleged members of a hacker’s group promising sure victory to candidates in exchange for money will name their other accomplices. Comelec/MB The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center or CICC said it has arrested...
In the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) initial discussion with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that that the "taped as live" approach will be adopted for its interview set for the vice presidential and presidential candidates. MB file...
A number of complaints of violations of the ban on hiring and transferring of personnel in the civil service during the election period has been received by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Law Department. Comelec/MB In a statement on Tuesday, April 26, the Comelec Law Department said one such...
An Abuse of State Resources (ASR) monitoring study, is currently being conducted for the first time in the country, as a means of gauging the misuse of government resources during the campaign period. Photo from Lente According to poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), ASR is...
If you are among those who availed of local absentee voting, better read this intructions from the Commission on Elections Committee on Local Absentee Voting (CLAV). Comelec/MB The instructions released on Tuesday, April 26, enumerate the step by step process of voting to local absentee voters....
The three-day local absentee voting for the May 2022 polls starts Wednesday, April 27. Comelec/MB Under the LAV, government officials and employees; personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police; as well as members of the media, including their technical and...
With only 15 days left before the nation goes to the polls, the Commission on Elections and civic-spirited institutions are conducting voter education efforts that are vital in enabling the voters to participate meaningfully in the national and local elections. There are two focal points in...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rey Bulay clarified on Monday, April 25 that he issued a warning against those who would attempt to disrupt the elections, not to jail critics. Comelec/MB "So ang sinabi ko (So what I said), to those that will comment lawless violence by inducement,...
Fourteen departments of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) have submitted their responses to the memorandum issued by poll Commissioner Rey E. Bulay in line with his investigation on the issue of the postponed debates. Comelec/MB Bulay said the poll body has a total of 20 departments, and six of...
