MANILA – Despite expected hiccups during the first day of overseas absentee voting (OAV), presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao said he trusts in the competence of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to run the 2022 polls.... 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
“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
MANILA – The official candidates for 2022 national and local elections who will violate the health and safety protocols will be sanctioned by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Acting Presidential spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, s... Read full article
MANILA – Former presidential spokesperson and senatorial aspirant Salvador Panelo has promised to push for a measure that will ease the burden of the public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers amid the unabated oil price surges.... Read full article
MANILA – Voter registration activities in areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) will resume next week, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced Wednesday.... Read full article
MANILA – A government under Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso will never allow a coalition with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).... 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
Five months after the voter registration period resumed for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) later this year, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has processed over 3.1 million applications... Read full article
MANILA – An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Tuesday he wants an investigation on the incident in Singapore where an overseas voter was given a spoiled ballot.... Read full article
The committee action moves the measure one step closer to becoming law, advancing legislation that seeks to prohibit the concentration of elective political power within families at both national and local levels.... Read full article
MANILA – A few days after the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction endorsed the candidacy of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.... Read full article