MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Special Bids and Awards Committee (SBAC) on Thursday declared a failure of bidding for the acquisition of additional optical mark reader (OMR) machines for the May 2022 elections.... Read full article
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here Friday launched Operation Baklas and started removing campaign materials put up outside the designated common poster areas.... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he had no regrets over his decision to reject oligarchs’ offer to fund his 2016 presidential campaign.... Read full article
MANILA – Presidential aspirant Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. said he will “definitely” continue the anti-insurgency programs of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).... Read full article
MANILA – Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar has announced the regularization of more of its employees on the occasion of the agency’s 11th anniversary.... Read full article
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) said on Friday they have obtained the consent of the owners of the private properties before entering and taking down illegally placed campaign materials.... 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
CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama on Monday said the “dynamic alliance” of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (BBM) and Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte and the local leaders here will bring a "very promising tomorrow" to Cebu.... Read full article
DUMAGUETE CITY – Persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) will be allowed to vote during the May 9, 2022 elections but only within the jail premises on the same day and under the supervision of a special board of election inspectors (BEIs).... Read full article
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday reported that PHP3 billion of the PHP19 billion budget for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) has been spent in line with ongoing preparations for the polls set on Nov. 2... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has no hand in the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) selection of a potential supplier of election equipment for the 2022 national and local elections, Malacañang said on Tuesday.... Read full article