If ever he will be given the chance to serve the public again, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said on Wednesday, June 1 that he will choose the poll body 10 times. Commissioner George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) He made the statement after the Commission on...
More than 1,000 reports on vote buying have been reported to the Task Force Kontra Bigay, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday, May 30. Comelec/MB Comelec said the Kontra Bigay- Facebook page received and responded to 940 messages while its official email received and responded to 171...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III today (May 30) said it is better for the incoming Marcos administration to decide whether the December 5 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections shall go on as scheduled or reset them. Sotto said it would be better if next Congress should get the...
Trolls, be warned. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) After the conduct of the May 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 30, said it will push for a law against the utilization of social media trolls during the campaign period....
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday, May 29, welcomed the approval of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on granting additional honoraria for select teachers for their extended service during the 2022 National and Local Elections on May 9, 2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) will be helping the church-backed poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in validating election returns (ERs). Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will not push through with the scheduled proclamation of winning partylist groups on Thursday, May 19. (Manila Bulletin) The Comelec en banc which sits as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) decided to adopt Tuesday, May 17, the recommendation of their...
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Tuesday, May 17, said that their latest poll return validation showed that 53,644 out of 54,412 physical and fully-encoded electronic returns (ERs) have matched the electronically-transmitted copies. PPCRV Command Center (PPCRV/ Manila...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 17, said presumptive vice president Sara Duterte can take her oath ahead of her assumption to office on midday of June 30. Commissioner George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) “Wala naman tayo nakikita na problema (We don’t see any problems,” Comelec...
President Duterte and other top ranking officials have been invited by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to attend the proclamation of the 12 winning senators in the 2022 polls on Wednesday, May 18. Comelec/MB In a press briefing on Tuesday, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said the...
The top ranked partylist organization in the recently held elections will get the maximum three seats in the House of Representatives (HOR), a Commission on Elections (Comelec) official disclosed Tuesday, May 17. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia speaks at a press briefing of the Comelec...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 17, assured that it will respect the ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) on the petition filed against President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco (Ali Vicoy/MB) “Comelec will always abide...
