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 House of Representatives and the Senate on Monday night unanimously approved a measure seeking to extend the voter registration deadline for the May 2022 national and local elections for another 30 days.... Read full article
MANILA – The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) party gained 23 more members at the House of Representatives with Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez poised to become the next Speaker for the incoming 19th Congress.... 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 – Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte remained as the most preferred presidential and vice presidential candidates in the upcoming May 9 elections based on the latest Pulse Asia Survey... Read full article
MANILA – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Wednesday said the poll body has rejected 126 groups bidding to register as party-list for the 2022 national and local elections.... Read full article
MANILA – Presidential candidate, former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte on Tuesday night welcomed the endorsement of the religious group Iglesia ni Cristo (INC)... 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
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will need more time before it can release the list of official candidates for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections.... Read full article
MANILA – Multi-sectoral organizations on Tuesday urged the Commission on Elections to bar from next year's elections some party-list groups that have links to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front.... Read full article
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) noted a lower turnout in the number of applicants as the extension of voters’ registration started Monday at a mall satellite center here.... Read full article