DUMAGUETE CITY – A new provincial election supervisor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental has been designated for the May 9 national and local polls.... 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
In a social media post, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said 7,555 voters checked “yes” to rename the municipality of San Isidro to Sawata, and Barangay Sawata to Barangay Poblacion.... Read full article
MANILA – Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Wednesday challenged Vice President Leni Robredo and her team to categorically deny that they first asked him and several other presidential bets to withdraw.... Read full article
MANILA – Former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Thursday lauded vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte for initiating the creation of the Davao City Special Needs Intervention Center for Children.... Read full article
MANILA – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Wednesday said the poll body has rejected 126 groups bidding to register as party-list for the 2022 national and local elections.... Read full article
MANILA – House Majority Leader and Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) President Martin Romualdez on Tuesday called on all candidates and political parties to further unite for the good of the country, as he extended the unity message ... Read full article
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec), Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will convene on Saturday to officially activate the Provincial Joint Security Control Center (PJSCC) in preparatio... Read full article
Comelec Chairperson George Garcia thanked Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Congress for swiftly enacting the law fixing the election date.... Read full article
MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) will support the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in securing a higher budget from Congress for the honoraria and allowances of public school teachers who will serve in next year's polls.... Read full article
In a statement, the poll body said the filing of COCs will run until May 7, for those seeking to be elected as District Representatives.... Read full article
"Subject to reasonable exceptions, the DBOC (District Board of Canvassers) must complete its canvass within 36 hours from the time it initially convened," Comelec en banc Resolution 11197 read.... Read full article