MANILA – Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division presiding Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Thursday said she voted to approve the petitions seeking to disqualify presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.... 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
"We need the law immediately, ASAP (as soon as possible) because that's where the Comelec will base its actions and the things we still have to do," Comelec Chairperson George Garcia said in an interview.... Read full article
As of March 7, applications processed nationwide reached 2,875,807. Of these, 1,499,398 applicants are female and 1,376,409 are male, the Comelec said Tuesday.... Read full article
KIDAPAWAN, Cotabato - Former Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza is seeking a fresh term as governor in this province as she filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office here on Wednesday.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday said four presidential and three vice presidential candidates have so far confirmed their attendance to the panel interview sessions to be aired by the poll body and the Kapisanan ng mga Brod... Read full article
MANILA – Members of the Partido Reporma in Aklan and Antique still support the electoral bids of independent presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and his running mate Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III ... Read full article
Lacson said funds allocated to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) cannot be realigned to other agencies, but unspent allocations may be declared as savings and returned to the National Treasury for other uses.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is fully committed to being more transparent in its preparations for the May 9 national and local polls.... 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
MANILA – An official of the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Wednesday pointed out the importance of building the country's own satellites, even if other countries could share data from their satellites.... Read full article
MANILA – Refusal of the candidates to participate in debates should serve as “red flag” for voters in the upcoming May 9 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday.... Read full article