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On Tuesday, MANILA, Philippines — The Gabriela Women’s Party said it will push for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to develop guidelines against harassment of women political aspirants. Sarah Elago, the first nominee of Gabriela, which is seeking a House comeback, made this known after their dialogue with Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia on social […]
MANILA, Philippines — The interim regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has yet to finalize its position on postponing its first parliamentary elections, said Senator Grace Poe on Monday. Poe said this during the Senate plenary debates for the 2025 General Appropriations Bill after being asked by Senate Minority Leader […]
POLL UPDATES. Margaret Joyce Cortez (right), assistant regional director of the Commission on Elections-Calabarzon, guests at the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas forum in Biñan City, Laguna on Friday (Nov. 8, 2024). She said Calabarzon logged 9,761,170 voters, the highest number among all 17 regions in the country. (PNA photo by Zen Trinidad) CALAMBA CITY, […]
MANILA, Philippines — Twelve more aspirants for a seat in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARRM) filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) on Wednesday, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said as of 5:00 p.m., nine more aspirants in Lanao Del Sur filed COCs while three more […]
Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman George Garcia and Comelec Commissioner Ernesto Maceda Jr. during the ceremonial turnover of the printing machines and printing of test ballots for the 2025 National and Local Elections at the NPO in Quezon City on Saturday, October 26, 2024. —Inquirer photo/Niño Jesus Orbeta MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections […]
MANILA, Philippines – The filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections will begin on Monday. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair George Garcia said more military and police forces are deployed to the Bangsamoro region during the filing period which ends Nov. 9. “During the meeting […]
Nueva Ecija Vice Governor Anthony Umali. Photo from Vice Governor Emmanuel Antonio “Doc Anthony” Matias Umali / Facebook MANILA, Philippines — Nueva Ecija Vice Governor Anthony Umali hit back at reelectionist Cabanatuan City Mayor Myca Vergara, saying his petition to declare her a nuisance candidate was based on the Omnibus Election Code. The Nueva Ecija […]
George Garcia A poll watchdog has called for the repeal of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) guidelines on artificial intelligence (AI) and social media for being “censorship in the guise of fighting fake news.” In a statement on Thursday, Kontra Daya said that while Comelec’s intention appears to be good, the definitions of fake news […]
The remaining batch of automated counting machines from South Korea. (Photo by Commission on Elections/Facebook) MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday said over 37,000 automated counting machines (ACMs) passed the hardware acceptance test for the 2025 elections. In a Viber message to the media, Comelec Spokesperson Atty. John Rex Laudiangco said […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday published in its official website the certificate of candidacies of senators and the certificate of nomination and acceptance (Cona) of party-list groups. However, parts of the COCs of 66 senators and Conas of 166 party-list groups were redacted in compliance with the Data Privacy Act. […]