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 – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will push for the enactment of a law mandating the attendance of poll bets in debates in future elections.... Read full article
MANILA – A committee in the House of Representatives on Thursday adopted two resolutions urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend the deadline for voter registration from Sept. 30 to Oct. 31.... Read full article
MANILA – A senatorial aspirant on Tuesday vowed to push for clearer guidelines in taxing vloggers (video bloggers) and other social media influencers should he win in the May 9 polls.... Read full article
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 Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said it will form a task force that will investigate allegations of vote-buying.... Read full article
MANILA – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Socorro Inting on Tuesday resigned as head of the poll body's gun ban committee.... 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
MANILA – At least four senatorial candidates of the ruling party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) on Saturday expressed support for the proposed shift to federalism and amendments to the 1987 Constitution.... 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 – Senator Sherwin ‘Win’ Gatchalian enjoins colleagues to consider the enactment of his bill seeking to institutionalize the grounds for declaration of nuisance political candidates and imposition of a fine for putting the election process in m... Read full article
"Both the Senate and HoR versions set the 1st Parliamentary Elections in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on the second Monday of September 2026 (September 14, 2026). We are awaiting its passage into law," it said in a statement.... Read full article