The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received a total of 223 applications for exemption from the gun ban in effect since the beginning of the election period, it said on Wednesday, Jan. 12. Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) conduct random inspections on motorist passing through...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sheriff Abas dismissed the report that the poll body's server was breached, compromising voter's sensitive information. Comelec/MB A Manila Bulletin (MB) report was published on Jan. 10 stating that group of hackers allegedly breached Comelec's servers and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) removed a presidential aspirant from its tentative list of candidates on Tuesday, Jan. 11. Comelec/MB Independent presidential bet Gerald Arcega was removed from the updated tentative list of candidates of the Comelec for the upcoming May 2022 national and...
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday urged local government units (LGUs) to extend the deadline for payment for real property tax and business permits to avoid influx of taxpayers amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country. Binay made the appeal after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 33,169...
The Muntinlupa police, under newly installed chief Col. Angel Garcillano, arrested the first gun ban violator in the city. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) imposed a nationwide gun ban for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections starting on Jan. 9 that will last until June 8. The...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Pateros and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have set up several checkpoints in the municipality as the gun ban for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections started on Jan. 9. According to Comelec-Pateros head Armando Mallorca, all vehicles will be...
In relation to the forthcoming 2022 national and local elections, the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded teachers and non-teaching personnel of the rules against electioneering, partisan political activities. Public school teachers serve during the May 2019 national and local elections. (ALI...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division ordered on Friday, Jan. 7, the petitioners as well as the camp of the respondent Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to submit their respective memoranda within 48 hours in connection to the disqualification case filed against the presidential...
Eleven presidential aspirants made it in the tentative list of candidates for the May 9,2022 National and Local Elections. Photo courtesy Comelec There were 15 presidential aspirants in the previous list. Based on the list posted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on its website, the 11...
The Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) has stepped up its operations to provide clean water supply to residents in the Visayas and Mindanao, especially in areas that have been gravely affected by Typhoon Odette last month. (Photo from LWUA) LWUA Administrator Guiling "Gene" Mamondiong said...
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