MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deposited the final local source code and “trusted build” of the automated election system (AES) of the May 9, 2022 elections to its Information Technology Department... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to come up with a plan that would allow candidates in the 2022 local and national elections to hold even limited in-person campaigns.... Read full article
MANILA – Hopes for gains from government programs against the pandemic lifted the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) on Wednesday while the peso closed sideways against the US dollar.... Read full article
In an interview, Comelec chairperson George Garcia noted that they have to scrutinize the High Court ruling on “who are not really serious in running for public office.”... Read full article
MANILA - Malacañang on Friday said it respects the independence of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) regarding its crackdown on illegal campaign posters and materials known as the "Oplan Baklas" program.... Read full article
MANILA – A total of 164 party-list groups will participate in an electronic raffle on Dec. 10 to determine the order of their listing on the official ballot for the May 2022 polls.... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte thinks that senatorial aspirant and former executive director of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, Astravel “Astra” Pimentel, deserves a spot in the Senate because of her “basic knowledge of community life.”... 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
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
"Both the Senate and HoR versions set the 1st Parliamentary Elections in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on the second Monday of September 2026 (September 14, 2026). We are awaiting its passage into law," it said in a statement.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered its service provider Smartmatic International to submit its report on the supposed security breach which was revealed at a recent hearing of the Joint Congressional Oversight... 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