The Senate has received a total of 117 or 67.63 percent of the 173 Certificates of Canvass (COCs) and Election Returns (ERs) for president and vice president expected to be transmitted to the Upper Chamber, as of Sunday, May 15. Numerous ballot boxes rolled in at the Senate on the sixth day of its...
Kontra Daya Election watchdog Kontra Daya gave the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Smartmatic a failing mark in handling this year's national and local elections. Kontra Daya Convenor Danilo Arao said their assessment in the recent general elections was “not really good.” “Kung...
Physical election returns received by poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) reached more than half of poll returns from all precincts in the country on Sunday, May 15. Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting command center at the Quadricentennial Pavilion...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE:OUR NEW ABNORMAL Now that our 2022 elections are done and dusted; the truly worrying part begins. I’ve often said that I don’t envy the ones who were running for the highest office in our land. For along with the victory, will come a plethora of thorny issues and...
Ten more certificates of canvass (COCs) have been counted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc on the fifth day of national canvassing for senatorial and partylist elections on Saturday, May 14. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of...
Comelec/MB More than 40,000 indigenous people voted during the recent national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. Based on the partial data of Comelec as of May 14, a total 40,319 indigeneous people participated in the general elections last May 9. The figure...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that the random manual audit (RMA) of votes has so far recorded a 100 percent match rate with the automated tally. In a press briefing on Saturday, Comelec Commissioner Aimee Ferolino said they already received 406 ballot boxes as of May 13. Of...
The special elections in several barangays in Tubaran, Lanao del Sur may be held on May 24. Comelec/MB "Under Section 7 of the Omnibus Election Code, we have to be sure that the cause of the failure of election should have cease first. That's why our projection is May 24 for the special elections...
A total of 139 certificates of canvass (COCs) have already been canvassed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc which sits as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) for the senatorial and partylist elections, it was reported Saturday, May 13. Comelec acting spokesperson John Rex...
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has received nearly half of Election Returns (ERs) at 48.31 percent, it said on Saturday, May 14. PPCRV Command Center (Photo by Ali Vicoy) As of 10:30 a.m., the PPCRV has received 52,066 out of 107,785 of the total number of precincts. It...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) may partially proclaim the winning party-lists in the May 9 polls. Comelec/MB "We may partially proclaim based on the total of votes that we have right now," Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said in a press briefing Saturday, May 14. He said the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received more than 1,000 reports of vote-buying incidents that are related to the recently held national and local elections but a poll commissioner said these have not significantly affected the outcome of the elections. Comelec Commissioner Aimee Ferolino...
