Elections 2022

If he wins, Isko says there would be no political squabbling

If he wins, Isko says there would be no political squabbling

May 3, 2022, 12:17 pm

MANILA – There will be no squabbling with political foes if Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso wins the May 9 presidential elections. Domagoso also said he and his allies will quickly buckle to work to ensure that their promise to the electorate will be… Read More

Comelec ready to hold special polls in Shanghai

Comelec ready to hold special polls in Shanghai

May 3, 2022, 11:20 am

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is prepared to hold special polls in Shanghai, China in case the lockdown in the host country persists until May 9, Election Day. According to Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo, they are ready to conduct special polls in Shanghai, China if the… Read More

Payment of fees to CPP-NPA-NDF may disqualify poll candidates

Payment of fees to CPP-NPA-NDF may disqualify poll candidates

May 2, 2022, 9:13 pm

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded candidates that payment of permit to campaign and permit to win fees to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and its allied organizations are election offenses and may be grounds… Read More

Ping wants end to revenge politics

Ping wants end to revenge politics

May 2, 2022, 9:05 pm

MANILA – Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson said his miting de avance before the May 9 national elections will focus and highlight on promoting voter awareness and going beyond the cycle of revenge. In a statement on Monday, Lacson's camp said they are still putting on the finishing… Read More

Pacquiao overtakes Isko Moreno for No. 3 in survey

Pacquiao overtakes Isko Moreno for No. 3 in survey

May 2, 2022, 8:15 pm

MANILA – Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. retained his overwhelming lead over Vice President Leni Robredo in the presidential race, according to a latest survey result. The surprise development in the Pulse Asia survey result from April 15 to 20, however, was Senator Manny Pacquiao overtaking… Read More

Senatorial, party-list winners may be declared May 16

Senatorial, party-list winners may be declared May 16

May 2, 2022, 8:02 pm

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is likely to proclaim the winners of the senatorial and party-list race a week after the May 9 polls. Commissioner George Garcia said in a television interview Monday that the canvassing of results of the 12 winning senators and a still undetermined… Read More

Solon sees Marcos-Duterte tandem achieving 'electoral feat'

Solon sees Marcos-Duterte tandem achieving 'electoral feat'

May 2, 2022, 7:18 pm

MANILA – A party-list lawmaker on Monday said the latest Pulse Asia survey showing former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte maintaining their respective lead in the presidential and vice presidential races shows that the tandem could create a… Read More

Comelec-KBP forum series starts airing May 3

Comelec-KBP forum series starts airing May 3

May 2, 2022, 6:41 pm

MANILA – The Commission on Elections-Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Comelec-KBP) “PiliPinas Forum 2022” series will start airing Tuesday. The poll body announced Monday that presidential candidate Norberto Gonzales will be the first interviewee, to be aired on Bombo Radyo at 10… Read More

Sara Duterte urges public to honor poll process, respect results

Sara Duterte urges public to honor poll process, respect results

May 2, 2022, 5:55 pm

MANILA – Vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Monday urged the public to honor the electoral process and respect the results of the May 9 elections. “Lahat po tayo dapat respetuhin natin kung ano 'yung resulta ng eleksyon at suportahan natin 'yung mga mananalo,… Read More

BBM, Sara still frontrunners in Pulse Asia's April survey

BBM, Sara still frontrunners in Pulse Asia's April survey

May 2, 2022, 1:46 pm

MANILA – Exactly a week before the May 9 elections, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte the frontrunner among the presidential and vide-presidential candidates, respectively, in the latest survey of Pulse Asia released Monday. Based on the survey… Read More

For the nth time, poll bets, public reminded on health protocols

For the nth time, poll bets, public reminded on health protocols

May 1, 2022, 5:46 pm

MANILA – With only a week left before the campaign period ends, candidates and supporters must not forget minimum public health standards (MPHS) until election day itself on May 9. The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Sunday reminded local government units (LGUs) and political… Read More

Pacquiao pays tribute to fallen journos in CDO

Pacquiao pays tribute to fallen journos in CDO

May 1, 2022, 5:14 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Sen. Manny Pacquiao paid tribute to journalists and other media workers who died in the line of duty before proceeding to his presidential campaign rally here over the weekend. Pacquiao, together with his wife, Jinkee, and other senatorial candidates in his slate offered… Read More

PDP-Laban Senate bets denounce vote-buying

PDP-Laban Senate bets denounce vote-buying

May 1, 2022, 1:25 pm

MANILA – Two senatorial candidates of President Rodrigo Duterte’s party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), have denounced vote-buying and vote-selling during campaign season, noting that Filipinos will be the biggest “losers” should these irregularities persist.… Read More

Comelec inspects media server in Manila

Comelec inspects media server in Manila

April 30, 2022, 6:37 pm

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) inspected on Saturday one of the media servers where the results of the voting on May 9 polls will be electronically transmitted. According to Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo, the server which is located at the University of Santo Tomas in… Read More

No isolation exemption for Covid-19 patients on May 9

No isolation exemption for Covid-19 patients on May 9

April 30, 2022, 4:00 pm Updated on May 4, 2022, 10:49 am

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reiterated that coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients are not allowed to go outside while still in isolation and this would apply even on election day. In a Laging Handa briefing on Saturday, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje cited… Read More

End ties with Reds, Panelo urges Robredo

End ties with Reds, Panelo urges Robredo

April 30, 2022, 3:36 pm

MANILA – Former chief presidential legal counsel and now senatorial aspirant Salvador Panelo on Saturday urged presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robredo to end her links with left-leaning groups. He lamented that Robredo has opted to "sleep with the enemy" of the state, referring to… Read More

 Stopping vote-buying a personal conviction: Comelec

Stopping vote-buying a personal conviction: Comelec

April 30, 2022, 12:29 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Ending vote-buying depends on one’s personal conviction as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it cannot catch violators all the time. During Friday's livestream of "Let's talk MisOcc (Misamis Occidental)" organized by the Philippine Information Agency,… Read More

Roque says Senate probes must yield results

Roque says Senate probes must yield results

April 29, 2022, 8:56 pm

MANILA – UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque said Friday senators should see to it that issues referred to them for investigation and action should are not left unresolved. Roque, also a former party-list representative, said Senate investigations should always have an output, either in… Read More

6 presidentiables, 4 VP bets to attend Comelec forum

6 presidentiables, 4 VP bets to attend Comelec forum

April 29, 2022, 7:52 pm

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday said six presidential aspirants and four vice presidential candidates in the May 9 polls are joining the "PiliPinas Forum 2022" interview series to be aired next week. According to Comelec Commissioner George Garcia, those who confirmed… Read More

Pacquiao dedicates presidential bid to ‘poor Filipinos’

Pacquiao dedicates presidential bid to ‘poor Filipinos’

April 29, 2022, 6:25 pm

MANILA – In yet another reference to his impoverished beginnings, presidential aspirant, Senator Manny Pacquiao, on Friday said he is dedicating his candidacy to poor Filipinos. In a campaign sortie in Ormoc City, Leyte, Pacquiao said he will never forget where he came from. “Ang kalisod sa… Read More