An initial 66 out of 183 aspirants for Senate seats would be included in the official list of candidates for next year's polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Friday.... 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
LEGAZPI CITY – The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) together with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct intensified checkpoints in the region as part of security measures in preparation for the May 9, national and local elections.... Read full article
MANILA – Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson reiterated the call for the immediate suspension of excise taxes on fuel products, even on a temporary basis, as another big-time oil price hike looms this week.... Read full article
MANILA – The ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) called for unity even after the May 9 national and local elections.... Read full article
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 – At least four senatorial candidates of the ruling party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) on Saturday expressed support for the proposed shift to federalism and amendments to the 1987 Constitution.... 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
In a seven-page resolution, the en banc, voting 6-0-1, said it found no evidence that he supposedly committed an election offense.... 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 – 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 Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday said there are some 300 places in the country that may be declared as areas of concern in relation to the upcoming May 9 elections.... Read full article