As senators-elect are set to be proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, May 18, Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco provided a glimpse of what will happen on proclamation day. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN)...
“What we do not understand, we fear.” (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) This, according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson Saidamen B. Pangarungan, was the reason why the poll body conducted a walkthrough of the transparency media server at the University of Santo Tomas (UST),...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, April 21, said it has dropped its plan to place Pilar town in Abra under its control. Comelec/MB On March 29, a gun battle occurred between the local policemen and escorts of an official of Pilar town in Abra. Police said the gun duel ensued after...
The “areas of concern” identified by the Philippine National Police (PNP) are still being validated by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). During a joint press briefing on Thursday, April 7, PNP bared that it has identified 105 towns and 15 cities as “areas of concern.” COMELEC...
President Duterte is not being hindered by any Commission on Elections (Comelec) rule to endorse a presidential candidate. This, after Comelec Spokesperson James B. Jimenez was asked by the media if there is any Comelec rule stopping Duterte from endorsing a presidential bet. President Duterte...
As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) continues to subject more printed ballots to verification and quality control, more ballots were found defective by the poll body, making the total hit more than 220,000. On March 31, Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia bared that over 170,000 ballots were...
