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
Earlier this month, several areas in the Visayas and Mindanao were flooded due to heavy rains dumped by a low pressure area, shear line and the northeast monsoon.... 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 Roa Duterte said new Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Saidamen Balt Pangarungan is good and has vast experience in public service.... Read full article
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 – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Socorro Inting on Tuesday resigned as head of the poll body's gun ban committee.... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday said when he casts his vote on May 9, the circle next to the name of his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, will be the one he will shade in the ballot.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to allow its chief Saidamen Pangarungan to classify areas under "Comelec control" to fast-track its preparations just over a month before the May 9 polls.... 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
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police authorities in Sarangani are closely monitoring areas in the province identified as potential hotspots or “areas of concern” in previous elections.... Read full article