MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is requiring national candidates to present a negative coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) test result, before they will be allowed to file their Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) in October...... Read full article
PIKIT, North Cotabato – The Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) has lauded military units for the recovery of high-powered guns near the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in this town on Friday.... Read full article
MANILA – Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has led the filing of a bill seeking to extend the voter registration deadline for the May 2022 elections from Sept. 30 to Oct. 31 this year.... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has not endorsed any presidential candidate despite his party, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), backing the bid of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.... Read full article
MANILA – Almost eight million individuals have submitted their applications to become voters in next year's elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Tuesday.... Read full article
MANILA – A leader of the House of Representatives on Thursday stressed the need to amend the party-list system to ensure that its purpose of giving greater representation to the marginalized and disadvantaged is achieved.... Read full article
MANILA – UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque has vowed to amend the 2009 Philippine Baselines Law which caused the country to lose much of its territorial waters and weaken its legal claim to the Kalayaan or Spratly Group of Islands.... Read full article
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – The Albanos and Dys, who have ruled the province for decades, are here to stay, at least in the 2022 elections.... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday issued a stern warning to political warlords and the New People's Army to stay out of the May 2022 elections and he would not think twice about using the police and military to ensure orderly polls.... Read full article
DUMAGUETE CITY – Incumbent Mayor Carlo Jorge Reyes of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Monday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for vice governor under the Nacionalista Party (NP) at the provincial office of the Commission on Elections.... Read full article
“We will do a second round of offsite registration because we have seen that these activities were able to catch and register more voters than waiting for them to come to our offices,” he said.... Read full article