The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 19 told a Senate committee that it has decided to withhold a P90-million payment for the services to Smartmatic, its automated elections technology provider, whose data were allegedly breached as the May 9, 2022 election approaches. Appearing...
The National Bureau of investigation (NBI) is convinced that the former contractual employee did not act alone in the alleged data breaching of a technology firm, Smartmatic, a software provider on contract with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). NBI Cybercrime Division Chief Victor Lorenzo...
The government is ready to respond should there be an unfavorable situation that will arise after the announcement of the results of the election, Malacañang said Tuesday. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday assured the public that law enforcers will ensure peace and order in the...
President Duterte has assured the public of the safe conduct of the May 2022 elections and warned that those who will initiate violence will be fighting against the government. Duterte said the reason why he chose not to endorse his presidential candidate "was simply to show the people" that he is...
One of the many “resibo” or receipts, as she likes to call it, of Vice President Leni Robredo is the fact that she has always been the first on the ground during times of calamities, which is the same promise she made to Quezonians during a visit to Polillo town on Monday, April 18. Vice...
With the campaign period for the May 9 elections nearing the homestretch, it is not too late for candidates to show respect for the Filipino voters, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, April 18 said. ‘’Respect for one another, respect for the election process, and most...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) looks to destroy defective ballots by the last week of April. Workers check the printed official ballots to be used for the upcoming 2022 National and Local Elections at the National Printing Office (NPO) in Quezon City on March 15, 2022 (MARK BALMORES / MANILA...
The conservative Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) party has no presidential candidate for the coming May 9 national elections. ‘’As of now, the declaration of our Council of Leaders is free zone,’’ Senate President Vicente C. Sotto, NPC chairman, said. Sotto is the vice presidential...
The public will have a chance to try the vote counting machine (VCM) ahead of the May 9 polls. The Commission on Election (COMELEC)and the SM Supermalls ink an agreement for the Let's Vote Pinas on Monday, April 18, 2022, a vote counting machine demonstration and experience. The program is a joint...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, April 18, that there will be no extension of the overseas absentee voting (OAV) beyond May 9, Philippine time, the date of the National and Local Elections. OVERSEAS VOTING BEGINS—An overseas Filipino in Bangladesh is among the early...
Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), instructed the entire military force to further intensify their security operations against communist and local terrorist groups as the May 9 national and local elections draw near. General Andres Centino, Chief of...
Know the officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in charge of the different committees for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB The list released by the poll body on Monday, April 18, is seen below PACKING AND SHIPPING COMMITTEE Chairperson – Comm. Aimee Ferolino Vice Chairperson...
