The automated election system (AES) source codes for the May 2022 polls have been deposited at the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for safekeeping. Screenshot Comelec FB Officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) led by Executive Director Bartolome Sinocruz and Atty. John Rex Laudiangco...
Senator Imee Marcos is worried that mock elections held last year did not thoroughly run through COVID-19 pandemic protocols and might lead to voters losing their way at election centers and being disenfranchised in the May 9, 2022 elections. Marcos, who chairs the Senate Electoral Reforms and...
Here is a step by step guide on how to cast your vote in the May 2022 polls. Photo Comelec FB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released the guide on Monday, Jan. 31 via their Facebook page. Photo Comelec FB Step 1 Have your temperature checked before entering the voting center. Step 2 Proceed...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday defended her father, the late Fernando Poe, Jr. from presidential aspirant Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno’s campaign strategist, Lito Banayo after the latter claimed her father’s refusal to attend debates and interviews affected his presidential bid in May 2004. Poe,...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday vowed to pursue programs aimed at helping improve the plight of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families once she wins a fresh term in the Senate in the upcoming May 2022 elections. In particular, De Lima said she will seek to establish programs...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) adjusted the timelines for the verification, certification and posting of the voters list for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB In Resolution No. 10758 dated Jan. 26, the Comelec cited the delays in the delivery of several supplies needed for the said activities...
Senatorial aspirant and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Sunday urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to reconsider its plan to implement the phaseout of traditional jeepneys as this would be another burden to Filipinos during this pandemic....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should make sure that its electronic systems are hack proof to ensure that the conduct of the May 2022 elections would not be compromised, presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said. While its servers may not have been hacked, Lacson said the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has formally filed the resolution asking Congress to amend the 1987 Constitution to establish a single-ticket syste in electing the country's President and Vice President. In filing Resolution for Both Houses No. 3, Gatchalian proposed the "tandem vote" by seeking the...
Aside from face mask, voters are required to wear face shield when they vote in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "You cannot vote if you are not wearing face mask and unfortunately face shield," Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum on Wednesday, Jan. 26. "We...
There will be more polling precincts in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Commission on Elections (Comelec) Spokesperson James Jimenez said they are looking to have 105,000 polling precincts in the upcoming polls which is higher than 2019 when the number was only at 80,000. "Right now, we don't have...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday, Jan. 26, that the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has since deferred preliminary investigations into President Duterte’s bloody war on drugs, will be allowed in the country if she wins in the May 2022 polls. Vice...
