DUMAGUETE CITY – The head of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Siquijor on Monday said the island-province has been recommended as an area of concern or "hotspot" in the May 9 polls due to intense political rivalry.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is requiring national candidates to present a negative coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) test result, before they will be allowed to file their Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) in October...... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed calls for the Ombudsman to conduct its own investigation into the controversial multibillion-peso deals between the government and Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp.... Read full article
MANILA – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has yet to name the new head of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), Malacañang said on Friday.... Read full article
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 Akbayan party-list on Tuesday asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reconsider its decision junking their petition to disqualify presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. from the May 9 elections.... Read full article
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Thursday filed an election offense complaint against Cezarah Rowena "Sarah" Discaya, a contractor implicated in allegedly anomalous flood control projects.... Read full article
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Police Regional Office in Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) on Friday announced its implementation of a gun ban as well as the identification of "hotspots" ahead of the national elections in May.... Read full article
MANILA – Vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte has reiterated her loyalty to running mate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and rejected pairing schemes with a rival candidate.... Read full article
MANILA – Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso is happy that Senator and fellow presidential aspirant Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson decided to stay in the race despite recent developments in the latter’s political party.... 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