DUMAGUETE CITY – Persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) will be allowed to vote during the May 9, 2022 elections but only within the jail premises on the same day and under the supervision of a special board of election inspectors (BEIs).... Read full article
MANILA – Lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Friday called for the restoration of the PHP15.5-billion cut made in the proposed budget of the Commission on Elections for 2022.... Read full article
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Another aspirant for city mayor and his party members have filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) Thursday for the 2022 national and local elections before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) here.... Read full article
MANILA – Against a backdrop of a waning pandemic and a bright prospect of a nation rising from challenges brought about by Covid19, presidential candidate Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. on Thursday said there is a need to revisit the pandemic prepar... Read full article
MANILA – The People’s Reform Party (PRP) has officially adopted Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as its vice presidential candidate in the May 9 national and local elections.... Read full article
MANILA – Four-term Senator Loren Legarda urged the nation, most especially government institutions, to seriously reflect on the moral duty to change the current food system.... Read full article
MANILA – Presidential candidate Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao on Tuesday reiterated his position to back the 2016 ruling of the international tribunal in favor of the Philippines ... Read full article
MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is ready to turn over its leadership to a new chief as the successor of the Duterte government is set to start its administration soon.... Read full article
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed Republic Act (RA) 12317, resetting the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to the second Monday of September 2026.... Read full article
MANILA – The first day of the three-day local absentee voting (LAV) went on smoothly as there were no reported glitches or untoward incidents so far, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday.... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday urged voters to consider preparing a list of their preferred candidates on Election Day, saying it would be tricky to remember all their names.... Read full article
MANILA – Despite ranking fifth in the latest Pulse Asia pre-election survey, independent presidential candidate Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson is unfazed by the results, saying he will not quit the race... Read full article