Nearly 20,000 personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and Department of Education (DepEd) were deployed Wednesday, May 4, to secure the upcoming May 9 national and local elections. (Courtesy of Philippine National...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday, May 3, that the plan to put vaccination sites near polling precincts on election day on May 9 must be carefully studied. Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO) "This might mislead our voters on the...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Saidamen Pangarungan is optimistic that the conduct of the final sealing and testing of Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) will have a good impact on the upcoming May 2022 elections. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said the government has exempted the military and the police personnel from the gun ban implementation. Año explained that the ‘gun ban exemption’ is applied to the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia assured on Tuesday, May 3, that no votes will be cast under the name of deceased individuals ahead of the upcoming May 2022 elections. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "Walang patay na makakaboto, pero may mga patay na nakalista pa....
The voting precincts will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 9, Election Day, and everyone has an idea of what happens there within those hours. But what happens after the voting hours end and the polling precincts close? In precincts where people are still standing in line to vote after voting...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc denied on Monday, May 2 the motion for reconsideration filed by Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu, disallowing him to seek the gubernatorial post in the May 2022 polls. MB file photo The motion was filed in relation to the consolidated petitions seeking the...
The winning senators and party-list organizations in the 2022 polls may already be known by May 16. Comelec/MB "As far as the Comelec is concerned, perhaps we can canvass the result of the senators and party lists up to May 15," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said in a television interview,...
Voters were urged by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to bring "kodigo" or list of their preferred candidates when they vote on May 9. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia believes having a list will help speed up the voting process. "Bring your 'kodigo' so that you won't have to...
James Jimenez is still the spokesperson of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia clarified this on Monday, May 2. "Until today, we would like to clarify, Dir. James Jimenez to be our official spokesperson and he remains to be the director of the...
With seven days to go before the May 9 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) already distributed 70 percent of the voters information sheet. Comelec/MB Data from the poll body showed that as of Monday, May 2, the Comelec already distributed 46,004,200 of the 65,709,572 total VIS. Here is the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday, May 1, released the schedules of its presidential and vice-presidential forums, which it will execute with the help of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP). (Comelec/MB) The first “Comelec- KBP Pilipinas Forum 2022” interview to be...
