A total of 41 violators were reportedly involved in 245 vote buying incidents recorded from Jan. 1 to May 9, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Wednesday night, May 11. In a news briefing with President Duterte aired on May 12, Año noted that the...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY-- Local media groups here have decried the harassment allegedly committed by a barangay chairman against two radio reporters while conducting media coverage on a reported vote-buying incident in Glan, Sarangani Province last Thursday (May 5). Jazztein Jubelag, president of...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Police Regional Office of Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) has created the regional special watch team to monitor the possible occurrence of vote-buying and selling. The Police Regional Office 10 during the Simultaneous Multi-Agency Send-Off Ceremony of Security Forces at New...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Saturday, May 7, to form anti-vote buying teams in every city and province in the country. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said such teams should receive complaints and investigate allegations...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo governor Arthur Defensor Jr. has appealed to the Philippine National Police and the Commission on Elections to step in amid reports of alleged vote-buying activities in some parts of the province. “We continue to appeal and continue to work with the law enforcement agencies...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has activated a Citizen's Complaint Center (CCC) where complaints on vote-buying and selling can be filed. Commissioner Aimee Ferolino (Ali Vicoy/MB) Comelec Commissioner Aimee Ferolino, the head of the task for Kontra Bigay, announced the creation of the CCC...
For Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas, poll-related offenses like syndicated vote-buying and cyber vote-buying must be defined under the Batas Pambansa (BP) Blg. 881 or the Omnibus Election Code. (Maxim Ilyahov/ Unsplash In a statement over the weekend, Vargas lamented how the provisions...
Incumbent Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto reminded the public to be wary of politicians who are resorting to vote-buying as the May 2022 elections draw near. In his Facebook post on Saturday, Sotto recounted his encounter with a resident who told him that someone went to their area and handed out cash...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye On May 9, Filipinos will go to the polls to vote in the national elections. As crucial as the elections are, the campaign period is equally critical. Candidates are stepping up their campaigns to ensure victory, and this occasionally includes vote buying and selling....
Political aspirants in the May 2022 local and national polls may be recommended for disqualification as long as there is an evidence that will implicate them to any election-related violation including vote buying, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año...
For Vice President Leni Robredo, the election is a “reset button” and one that voters should use to elect good leaders who would aim to end patronage politics and rampant vote-buying. Vice President Leni Robredo and Masbate Bishop Jose Bantolo (Photo from VPLR Media Bureau) She lamented how...
Governor Daniel R. Fernando spearheaded the launching of a multi-sectoral anti-vote buying and selling campaign in the Province of Bulacan on Tuesday, April 12, to help ensure an orderly, peaceful, fair, and inclusive election on May 9, 2022. Gov. Daniel Fernando of Bulacan (bulacan.gov.ph) The "...
