MANILA – Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson reiterated the call for the immediate suspension of excise taxes on fuel products, even on a temporary basis, as another big-time oil price hike looms this week.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has yet to discuss the call of senators to extend the deadline of the nationwide voter registration.... Read full article
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan – Governor Daniel R. Fernando on Monday officially endorsed the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo, saying he strongly believes that the lone female candidate for the top post is the most qualified.... Read full article
Comelec-NIR election director Lionel Marco Castillano told the Philippine News Agency in an interview on Wednesday that election officers across the region were instructed to undertake these simple but meaningful activities throughout the month.... Read full article
MANILA – Malacañang has yet to release information regarding the appointment of a new Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair and two commissioners.... Read full article
MANILA – Long queues greeted the resumption of the Commission on Election (Comelec) voter registration on Monday in Metro Manila that is still under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday released a list of winning and losing national candidates who have already submitted their Statements of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs).... Read full article
The “no work, no pay” policy will be applied during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) holiday on Oct. 30, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Saturday.... Read full article
MANILA – The military will further intensify its operations against communists and local terrorist groups to ensure orderly and peaceful polls on May 9.... Read full article
MANILA – A government under Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso will never allow a coalition with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).... 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 – 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