Elections 2022
Senate hopefuls vow ‘long-term’ measures for disaster resilience
April 22, 2022, 7:40 pm
MANILA – Senatorial aspirants Rey Langit and Astra Pimentel on Friday sought “preventive and long-term” legislative measures to ensure the country’s resilience and preparedness when disasters strike. Langit vowed to push for the passage of measures that would help minimize the detrimental… Read More
Registered voters can now access Comelec’s precinct finderwebsite
April 22, 2022, 6:10 pm
MANILA – Registered voters may now check their actual polling precincts before election day. This as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday made the Precinct Finder accessible to the public for the first time since 2016. Filipinos may now check the details of their voter registration… Read More
Group's appeal for nonpartisanship 'unnecessary': Comelec
April 22, 2022, 5:37 pm
MANILA – An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Friday the appeal of the of Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Alumni for Leni is “unnecessary" as it tends to sow distrust in the integrity of the poll body. “Casting aspersions on the Commission on Elections and its… Read More
No more to 'Pinklawan' bullying: Isko
April 22, 2022, 4:33 pm
MANILA – Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said the incessant bashing and calls for withdrawal have stoked the fire in him to fight harder for ordinary Filipinos whose rights and welfare have long been trampled upon by the elitist politics that have lorded over… Read More
Comelec postpones debates to next week
April 22, 2022, 4:13 pm
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday announced the resetting of the presidential and vice presidential debates supposedly to be held this weekend to April 30 and May 1, respectively, amid the issue involving its co-presenter of the debates, Vote Pilipinas. Comelec… Read More
BIR urged to continue efforts vs. P203-B estate tax
April 22, 2022, 2:15 pm
MANILA – Aksyon Demokratiko chair Ernesto Ramel Jr. on Friday called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to continue its collection efforts on the PHP203 billion Marcos estate tax which is still unpaid as of now. In a letter to BIR Commissioner Ceasar R. Dulay, Ramel requested the BIR… Read More
PNP checkpoints net over 2.7K Comelec gun ban violators
April 22, 2022, 2:10 pm
MANILA – A total of 2,738 people have been arrested so far for violating the election gun ban, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Friday. In a statement, the PNP said 2,661 of those apprehended were civilians, 44 security guards, 16 police officers, and 17 military personnel. It… Read More
124 candidates vie for 36 QC Council seats on May 9 polls
April 21, 2022, 10:04 pm
MANILA – There are 124 aspirants for the 36 seats at stake in the 83-year-old Quezon City Council in the May 9 elections. Quezon City, the former capital of the country from 1948 to 1976, is composed of six congressional or city districts with a total of 142 barangays. There are 37 barangays in… Read More
Failure to ensure clean elections ‘insult’ to all of us: Duterte
April 21, 2022, 9:06 pm
MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Thursday reminded political candidates to do their part in ensuring a “clean and honest” May 9 elections, noting that failing to do so would be an “insult” to the Filipino people. “Kaya ang sinabi ko sa lahat ng politiko (That’s why I’m… Read More
Tax exemption not best way to help poll workers: DOF
April 21, 2022, 8:05 pm
MANILA – Tax exemption is not the best way to support those rendering election services, particularly public school teachers, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Thursday. Arvin Quiñones, director of the DOF Policy, Research and Liaison Office, made this remark after Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian… Read More
Cops probe farm guards in Bukidnon shooting
April 21, 2022, 8:03 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Police Regional Office-Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) is looking at five security guards of a farmland in Barangay Butong, Quezon town, Bukidnon as persons of interest in the attack on the party of a visiting presidential aspirant in the area. In an interview Thursday,… Read More
Macapagal Blvd. closure not meant to deter rallyists: MMDA
April 21, 2022, 7:26 pm
MANILA – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday said the partial and full closure of the Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard is part of the preparation for the grand rally of Vice President and presidential bet Leni Robredo and is not meant to deter supporters from coming to… Read More
Comelec to reprint over 300K defective ballots
April 21, 2022, 6:14 pm
MANILA – There are over 300,000 defective ballots that will be reprinted, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday. Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said a total of 372,878 ballots did not pass the thorough testing on the election documents. In a message to the… Read More
Don't be blinded by fight among political groups: Isko
April 21, 2022, 4:55 pm
MANILA – Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Wednesday urged people, especially the youth, not to be blinded by the fight for power among the two warring political factions who have ruled the country for several decades. Instead, he urged them to focus on the… Read More
Duterte bares his top 2 senatorial bets
April 21, 2022, 4:06 pm
MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday announced that former defense secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro and former public works secretary Mark Villar are the top two candidates he will look for when shading circles in his ballot on May 9. During the President’s Chatroom aired on… Read More
PNP records 28 poll-related incidents Jan. 9-April 17
April 21, 2022, 3:20 pm
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said it recorded 28 election-related incidents from January 9 up to April 17. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said of the 28 election-related incidents (ERI), 21 have validated nothing really to do with the election while five were… Read More
Mammoth crowd welcomes UniTeam in Batangas
April 21, 2022, 2:55 pm
LIPA CITY, Batangas – Thousands of supporters from all over the province showed their all-out support to presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte during the UniTeam Grand Rally at the open lot in front of the LIMA Park Hotel here… Read More
2.9M agrarian reform beneficiaries urged to vote wisely
April 21, 2022, 2:42 pm
MANILA – Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) encouraged the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) to exercise their right to vote in the May 9 national and local elections and choose the national and local candidates who have plans and platforms that would benefit them and their communities.… Read More
DENR takes down 7K poll tarps on trees in Soccsksargen
April 21, 2022, 1:53 pm
COTABATO CITY – A total of 7,229 various campaign materials nailed, tacked, and displayed on trees have been removed by personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Soccsksargen (DENR-12) across the region, an official said Thursday. In an interview, DENR-12 Director… Read More
Isko to VP Leni: 'Deny that you asked me to withdraw'
April 20, 2022, 7:42 pm
MANILA – Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Wednesday challenged Vice President Leni Robredo and her team to categorically deny that they first asked him and several other presidential bets to withdraw. “Now I challenge, this is on record, huwag na kayong… Read More
