MANILA – The “deep” cut in the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) budget for next year will have an impact on the conduct of the May 2022 national and local elections, the poll body said on Wednesday.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has denied the petitions seeking to reopen the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) and to postpone the May 9 polls.... Read full article
MANILA – Presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who visited Tarlac during a campaign sortie last Saturday, signaled the end of political differences in the province, according to Tarlac Mayor Cristy Angeles.... Read full article
ORMOC CITY – Actor-turned-politician Richard Gomez on Tuesday thanked the voters of the 4th district of Leyte for making him a new congressman after two failed attempts to be a member of the House of Representatives.... 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
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said it has registered almost 63 million local voters for the May 9, 2022 elections.... 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
MANILA – Former Defense Secretary and senatorial candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro on Tuesday proposed a gradual shift to federalism starting with building local government capacities.... Read full article
MANILA – A petition to disqualify former Palawan governor Mario Joel Reyes, who is running for the same position in the upcoming polls, has been filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).... Read full article
The Supreme Court (SC) upheld the ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualifying a candidate in the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) for violating provisions of the SK Reform Law's "anti-dynasty" clause.... Read full article
MANILA – The camp of president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has picked the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila as the venue for his inauguration as the country’s 17th chief executive on June 30.... 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
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