During his speech at the first-ever 2023 National Election Summit at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza in Pasay City, Marcos said the government can implement positive reforms and make election result transmission faster and maintain its accuracy.... 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
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Candidates are directed to submit their campaign activities to be approved by an inter-agency committee as part of the new protocols in the 2022 polls due to the pandemic.... 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
MANILA – Malacañang has yet to release information regarding the appointment of a new Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair and two commissioners.... Read full article
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed Republic Act (RA) 12317, resetting the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to the second Monday of September 2026.... Read full article
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Local candidates running under the Team Fedelicio filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office here on Wednesday.... 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
Data from the poll body show 161,429 applications processed from Feb. 9 to March 31, the deadline of the registration period for the BARMM’s first regular elections on the second Monday of September.... Read full article
MANILA – Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday said he is willing to attend a special session of Congress if called by President Rodrigo Duterte to discuss the possible declaration of a state of economic emergency... Read full article
MANILA – Presidential candidate, Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson, said the future of the Philippines and of Filipinos - and not "money politics" - should determine the outcome of the coming May 9 election.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now accepting bidders for the second bidding for the contract to lease of additional OMR (optical mark reader) machines or vote counting machines (VCMs) to be used in the May 2022 polls.... Read full article