MANILA – Dr. Minguita Padilla, an ophthalmologist running under the ticket of Senators Panfilo Lacson-Vicente Sotto III, said she would support environmental, women, and children’s causes if she makes it to the Senate.... Read full article
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is aiming to register some 150,000 new voters in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) by the end of the voter registration period this month.... Read full article
MANILA – The National Press Club (NPC), the country’s oldest media organization, is not alone in its fight against a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and news website Rappler Inc.... Read full article
MANILA – State lawyers on Monday asked the Supreme Court Monday to void the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Rappler Inc., citing the online media outlet's foreign funding.... 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
BAGUIO CITY – A total of 62 public service institutions here and in Benguet's capital town La Trinidad are benefitting from the free internet service provided by the government through the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT... Read full article
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) has started mapping out security plans to ensure the conduct of peaceful and orderly May 2022 national and local elections in this southern port city.... Read full article
MANILA – An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said she will require the camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.... Read full article
SAN JOSE CITY, Nueva Ecija – A group of farmers under the Nueva Ecija Kalasag Farmers' Cooperatives on Monday endorsed vice-presidential aspirant Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan by raising his hands during a rally held at the San Jose City public market.... Read full article
Based on Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 11198, the honoraria for the chairpersons and members are PHP12,000 and PHP11,000, respectively.... 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