Three members of the Gonzales political family, on May 10, were proclaimed into local posts in the Province of Pampanga following the 2022 elections. Photo from "Aurelio "Dong" D. Gonzales Jr." Facebook page. Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio Gonzales, who served two past terms in the House of...
How did candidates use the Covid pandemic in their discussions? CLINICAL MATTERS With an apparent landslide victory for former Senator Bongbong Marcos for president, the post-mortems have begun. One of the most important issues during the campaign was the pandemic and whether the Philippines did...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, May 16 that the Commission En Banc has approved, in principle, the additional honoraria for teachers and other members of the electoral boards (EBs). Voters cast vote at Legarda Elementary School in Sampaloc, Manila...
Actor Robin Padilla remains unfazed in the number one spot in the 2022 senatorial race. Comelec/MB This was based on the partial, official tally of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released Monday, May 16. In Report No. 5 of the poll body, Padilla garnered 26,491,176 votes followed by Loren...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 16, said former Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon and former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Celine Pialago have neither been named as nominees nor substitutes for the party-list (PL) groups they are supporting....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged poll watchers of a mayoralty candidate in Lumbatan, Lanao del Sur on Monday, May 16, to make formal their accusations of election-related violence against members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Members of the Philippine Army's 5th Infantry...
It's time to open the bidding process to more vendors of vote-counting machines, an official of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines (VCMs) at the San Juan...
DAVAO CITY -- A week after being elected governor of the Province of Cotabato, incumbent Vice Governor Emmylou "Lala" Taliño-Mendoza reflected on the lessons she learned during the campaign period. (Photo Courtesy of Vice Gov Lala Mendoza Facebook Page) As a seasoned politician, Mendoza admitted...
CEBU CITY – For Cordova town incumbent mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho, the fight is not yet over. Sitoy-Cho is set to file a protest before the Commission of Elections (Comelec) to question the outcome of the May 9 elections in Cordova where she lost in her re-election bid. Sitoy-Cho lost to Didoy...
There were 14 remaining certificates of canvass (COC) that have yet to be counted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the senatorial and partylist races, an official disclosed Monday, May 16. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco (Ali Vicoy/MB) Comelec acting spokesperson...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has decided to no longer wait for the conduct of the special elections in Shanghai, China and proceed with the submission of the results of the overseas voting that is covered by Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Hong Kong. Comelec/MB In a...
The 12 winning senators in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the 2022 polls will be proclaimed on May 18 but without their rankings yet. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco (Ali Vicoy/MB) Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said they will be proclaimed without their...
