The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will allow the early distribution of poll supplies and paraphernalia to concerned electoral boards (EBs) ahead of the May 9, 2022 polls. Comelec/MB In Resolution No. 10775, the Comelec said the concerned Provincial Election Supervisor; Election Officers of the...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – A Chinese national was accosted after disregarding a Comelec checkpoint in Barangay Palico II on March 27. According to Imus City Police Station (CPS), Yuanyi Zhang ignored the checkpoint and fled, prompting the authorities to chase after him. Photo from Imus City Police...
There are more male candidates running unopposed in the May 2022 local polls than females. Data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed that of the 832 unopposed candidates at the local level, 645 or 77.52 percent are males. Unopposed female candidates, on the other hand, total 187 or...
As the May 2022 polls near, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged candidates to monitor each other and report their opponents’ possible violations of campaign rules such as vote-buying. “Sa mga magkakalaban, maganda po ay mag-monitoran kayo, maganda po ay kayo mismo ang titingin,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it will not organize a one- on-one debate among candidates in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia believes candidates should be given an equal opportunity to be heard. "If we do it one one one, it would be unfair to other...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will release this week the list of "areas of concern" for the 2022 polls. According to the Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia, the Philippine National Police (PNP), and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have already submitted their lists of areas...
Taguig City’s total weekly tally of new Covid-19 cases has increased for the third consecutive time. In its weekly report, the Taguig City government announced that there were 312 new Covid-19 cases from March 18 to 24, or 45 cases per day, up by 36 new cases or 13 percent, compared to 276...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia said they will be pushing for the review and recalibration of the gun ban exemption and security application guidelines. Comelec/MB In a statement on Saturday, March 26, he explained:"We have to make it easier and expeditious thereby...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson Saidamen B. Pangarungan on Saturday, March 26, said Pres. Duterte is determined to ensure that the upcoming May 2022 elections will be honest, orderly, and peaceful.” (Photo courtesy of the Office of Chair. Pangarungan) “President Duterte is...
Highlighting the need to urgently address poverty and hunger in the Philippines, the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), on Saturday, March 26, appealed for an exemption from the election spending ban. Under the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) Resolution No. 10747, a certificate...
Presidential candidate Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson will remain a candidate under Partido Reporma despite quitting as the party's standard-bearer. Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec FB) This was according to Comelec Commissioner George Garcia. In a television interview on GMA's Unang Balita...
Candidates of the Makabayan bloc filed a case against National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy, as well as its other officials in relation to the statements made by the agency pointed out their supposed ties to the Communist Party of...
