Those who want to participate in the local source code review of the automated elections system (AES) to be used in the May 2022 polls may now submit their applications to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB "Your attention please, patriots. The Local Source Code Review Committee is...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, August 15 dismissed the accusations hurled by the camp of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi against Sen. Manny Pacquiao saying they are “over-acting and corny.” Pimentel is reacting to the threat of Cusi’s camp for Pacquiao to explain why he...
Despite the encouragement coming from his peers and party mates, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is leaving the fate of his political career to “God, Allah, and to the Dutertes.” Go, who is being considered to be the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) camp of Energy...
There are nearly six million registrants for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB On Twitter, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said there are already 5,727,223 new registrants as of August 13. She said more voters may be able to vote in the next elections if deactivated...
Senators on Thursday, August 12 welcomed the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) decision to reactivate delisted voters noting this is a “good move” from the poll body ahead of the May 2022 national elections. “This is a welcome development. We expect Comelec to thoroughly cleanse the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has suspended the voter registration and issuance of voter's certification in a number of towns and cities in Cebu starting August 11. Comelec/MB In an advisory, the poll body cited the implementation of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) as...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go running in tandem with President Rodrigo Duterte in the upcoming May 2022 national elections is inevitable, a party official of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) said on Tuesday. But the choice of the party’s standard-bearers would still...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be leasing additional 10,000 voting machines for the May 2022 general elections. The Comelec will be conducting a public bidding for the lease of precinct-based Optical Mark Reader (OMR) or Optical Scan (OPSCAN) System or Voting/Counting Machine...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, August 9 said he is unperturbed with the emerging number of political parties that have pledged their support to Hugpong ng Pagbabago’s Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Sotto, Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) chairman, and who is expected...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said he will ask the Philippine National Police (PNP) to explain to the Senate the motive behind its so-called “Intensified Cleanliness Policy” or ICP and its relation to the National Task Force for Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Lacson said...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said he respects Vice President Leni Robredo’s decision to reject his offer of a “sure unification formula” for the May 2022 elections which he offered selflessly. “It was a selfless move on my part to offer the unification formula to VP Leni Robredo since...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has confirmed that he has plans to run for vice president in the May 2022 national elections. Gatchalian, a member of the Nationalist Peoples’ Coalition (NPC) headed by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, admitted his vice-presidential bid in a televised interview...
