The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 2 (DILG-R2) has joined a webinar to address the concerns of the public and government agencies for the May 9 elections. Dubbed as “TAYO sa 2022 (Taking Action, Yielding to Objective Results in the 2022 Elections), it aims to...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Thursday, March 17, expressed elation over Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) decision to allow random sampling of ballots which have been printed without the presence of candidates’ observers. (Screenshot taken from Macalintal’s FB Live) On March 15,...
Newly appointed Commissioner George Garcia is now part of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division. Comelec/MB Garcia will join Commissioners Marlon Casquejo (presiding) and Rey Bulay (member). Commissioner Aimee Neri, on the other hand, will be part of the First Division which is...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has approved the recalibrated rules for campaigning under the new normal. Comelec/MB "Recalibrated rules for campaigning under the new normal approved," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said Wednesday, March 16, after attending their en Banc meeting. "No more...
Whoever wins the presidential elections on May 9 should take advantage of the growing momentum of international support and evolving foreign and security policies toward the Indo-Pacific region so that the Philippines could respond more decisively to China's aggression in the West Philippine Sea...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia will head the Debate Committee of the poll body. Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec FB) The poll official revealed this on Wednesday, March 16. "I am calling for a meeting of the Debate committee today as the new commissioner in...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto clarified on Tuesday, March 15, concerns regarding the permitted venues for holding campaign-related activities within the city as he cited the local government’s strict adherence to its non-discriminatory policy towards national candidates. In an interview with One...
CEBU CITY – Two senatorial hopefuls who are mired at the bottom in surveys are confident they will eventually land in the magic 12 in the national elections on May 9. These are Guillermo Eleazar and Greco Belgica who are both out of the magic 12 in the latest surveys on senatorial candidates from...
"You cannot stop people from wanting to serve." Presidential candidate and UniTeam member Bongbong Marcos had this to say on the topic of political dynasties during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay news forum Wednesday morning, March 16. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and his son Sandro...
The endorsement of the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo by PDP-Laban Vice President for the Visayas Eastern Samar Governor Ben Evardone is the latter's personal choice and may not be the same as the party's stand, Malacañang said. File photo of President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, March 16 that it has scheduled the testing of the ballots and vote counting machines (VCMs) for the upcoming May 2022 elections next week. Comelec/MANILA BULLETIN file photo Comelec commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that they will direct...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Northern Samar Governor Edwin Ongchuan and Eastern Samar Governor Ben Evardone expressed their support for Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential bid. In his statement posted on his Facebook account on Tuesday, Ongchuan said: “In consultation with our local leaders, and...
