MANILA – The Council of the Laity of the Philippines has endorsed the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo in the May 9 elections.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to hold a virtual promulgation of the decision on the disqualification cases filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. by next week.... Read full article
MANILA – More big names in politics on Thursday filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) on the penultimate day of the COC filing for the 2022 national and local elections.... Read full article
MANILA – Less than 200,000 new voter registrants are expected to be listed in case the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decides to extend the voter registration.... Read full article
The SC said “the petitioners failed to substantiate with the necessary evidence their allegations of fraud in the conduct of the plebiscite.”... Read full article
Lawyer John Paul Martin, election officer of Baguio, said the sectoral off-site registration aims to ensure that “all those who want to vote can be registered."... Read full article
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is aiming to register some 150,000 new voters in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) by the end of the voter registration period this month.... Read full article
MANILA – A national federation of trade unions in the power industry called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the possible violation of election laws by some party-list groups which claim to represent electricity consumers.... Read full article
MANILA – A police officer assigned in Cebu City is the latest Philippine National Police (PNP) coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) fatality, raising its death toll to 99.... Read full article
MANILA – Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said Guimaras can serve as the Philippines' template for food sufficiency which can hopefully be copied or replicated by other provinces.... Read full article
MANILA – Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) presidential candidate Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos said he would accelerate the industrialization of crucial sectors in the country to create more jobs for Filipinos if he wins in the upcoming May 9 polls.... Read full article