Elections 2022

Comelec may suspend overseas voting in 7 countries

Comelec may suspend overseas voting in 7 countries

April 6, 2022, 9:17 pm

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to suspend the holding of the May 9 polls in seven countries covering four Philippine posts that have 127 registered voters. Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said the Commission en banc may decide not to hold overseas voting in the… Read More

Teachers to get higher poll honoraria, allowances: DepEd

Teachers to get higher poll honoraria, allowances: DepEd

April 6, 2022, 7:56 pm

MANILA – Higher honoraria and additional allowances shall be given to teachers who will serve as poll workers in the May 9 national and local polls, the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Wednesday. In the Laging Handa public briefing, DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones said they have closely… Read More

Isko to include agriculture in STEM courses for food security

Isko to include agriculture in STEM courses for food security

April 6, 2022, 6:41 pm

MANILA – Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso vowed to strengthen the country’s agriculture sector by including it in the current Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses to ensure food security. In his campaign sortie in Pagadian… Read More

BBM, Sara maintain wide lead in latest Pulse Asia survey

BBM, Sara maintain wide lead in latest Pulse Asia survey

April 6, 2022, 5:56 pm

MANILA – Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte remained as the most preferred presidential and vice presidential candidates in the upcoming May 9 elections based on the latest Pulse Asia Survey According to its “Ulat ng Bayan” national survey… Read More

Roque to push for 'Cha-cha' after pandemic

Roque to push for 'Cha-cha' after pandemic

April 6, 2022, 4:44 pm

MANILA – UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque said he would push for Charter Change (Cha-cha) three years after the pandemic to amend certain provisions in the Constitution that are prone to abuse. Roque was reacting to President Rodrigo Duterte's statement on the need for constitutional… Read More

BG Party-list wants PRRD’s anti-insurgency program sustained

BG Party-list wants PRRD’s anti-insurgency program sustained

April 6, 2022, 4:06 pm

CEBU CITY – BG (Bisaya Gyud) party-list joins poll of government offices and local communities pushing for the sustained implementation of the Duterte administration's anti-insurgency efforts through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). First nominee Alelee… Read More

PRRD shuns suspicion of using public funds for 2022 prexy bet

PRRD shuns suspicion of using public funds for 2022 prexy bet

April 5, 2022, 11:25 pm

MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday said he is not endorsing any presidential candidate to avoid speculation that he would use public funds to finance his preferred successor’s campaign activities. “Ang akin kasi eh presidente ako tapos magkampi ako ng isa, magdududa ‘yung… Read More

Complaints filed before task force vs. vote-buying

Complaints filed before task force vs. vote-buying

April 5, 2022, 7:45 pm

MANILA – At least two vote-buying complaints have been filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) after the creation of a task force that will investigate the illegal activity. In a message to reporters on Tuesday, Commissioner George Erwin Garcia identified the complaint filed by the… Read More

DOJ to sue rider who posted threat vs. Marcos

DOJ to sue rider who posted threat vs. Marcos

April 5, 2022, 2:16 pm

MANILA – Prosecutors have ordered the filing of criminal charges against a delivery rider who threatened to kill presidential bet Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. via social media. In a statement Tuesday, the office of Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento said a bail of PHP72,000 was… Read More

GMA introduces Sara as next VP

GMA introduces Sara as next VP

April 4, 2022, 9:30 pm

LUBAO, Pampanga – A day before celebrating her 75th birthday, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo introduced Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to the Pampagueños as the “next Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines.” Macapagal-Arroyo, the country’s 14th President, spent most of… Read More

PRRD renews call to scrap party-list system

PRRD renews call to scrap party-list system

April 4, 2022, 8:49 pm

MANILA – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Monday renewed his call for the amendment or removal of the provision on the party-list system in the 1987 Constitution, saying this is only being used as an electoral vehicle of the rich and powerful. “Sa totoo lang, kailangan natin baguhin na ang… Read More

Marcos vows to propel economy better than pre-pandemic level

Marcos vows to propel economy better than pre-pandemic level

April 4, 2022, 4:11 pm

MANILA – Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos recently vowed to lead the economy to a much-better position than where it was prior to the pandemic after he was elected in the scheduled May 9 elections. Marcos said his aim is to fast-track the government system “as soon as the… Read More

Isko Moreno makes pitch for PH return to 2-party system

Isko Moreno makes pitch for PH return to 2-party system

April 4, 2022, 1:23 pm

MANILA – Aksyon Demokratiko presidential bet Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso emphasized the need for the country to shift to a two-party system for smooth-sailing governance. He also said during the second installment of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) “PiliPinas Debates 2022”… Read More

Bulacan barong makers impress VP bet Sara

Bulacan barong makers impress VP bet Sara

April 3, 2022, 4:48 pm

PANDI, Bulacan – Vice presidential aspirant and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Sunday met with makers of the world-class Filipino barong and wedding gowns at the Disenyo Pandi Bagong Barrio here. She also got fitted for her own Filipiniana. This town has long been noted for its garments and… Read More

NPC yet to decide which presidential, VP bets to endorse: Sotto

NPC yet to decide which presidential, VP bets to endorse: Sotto

April 3, 2022, 2:20 pm

MANILA – Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III clarified on Sunday that only select local leaders of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) already endorsed presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his running mate Sara Duterte. Sotto, who is also the NPC chair and… Read More

Senatorial bet stands up for welfare of OFWs, families

Senatorial bet stands up for welfare of OFWs, families

April 3, 2022, 12:40 pm

MANILA – Stiffer penalties must be crafted against employers who will not abide by the mandatory insurance for agency-hired, directly hired, and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), according to a senatorial candidate. If former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Guillermo Eleazar… Read More

Focus on debate participants, not on absentee: Comelec

Focus on debate participants, not on absentee: Comelec

April 2, 2022, 3:41 pm

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said focus should be trained on those joining the second part of its “PiliPinas Debates 2022” for presidential aspirants, rather than on UniTeam’s Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Marcos skipped the first of the three-part presidential debates at the… Read More

Comelec prints 67.4M ballots ahead of April 25 schedule

Comelec prints 67.4M ballots ahead of April 25 schedule

April 2, 2022, 3:25 pm

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday announced the completion of printing of more than 67 million ballots to be used in the May 9 national and local elections. The poll body said 67,442,616 ballots are ready weeks ahead of the target April 25 completion. “The last of the… Read More

UniTeam to continue, intensify PRRD programs for OFWs

UniTeam to continue, intensify PRRD programs for OFWs

April 2, 2022, 2:56 pm

MANILA – UniTeam standard-bearer Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate, Sara Duterte, will continue and intensify all programs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) implemented under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. During the UniTeam’s online miting de avance… Read More

Roque hits black ops of org linked to terror groups

Roque hits black ops of org linked to terror groups

April 2, 2022, 12:25 pm

MANILA – A senatorial candidate is wondering why a so-called rights organization is relentless in its character assassination of President Rodrigo Duterte and himself when it has close ties with local groups declared as terrorists by western countries. Duterte had already urged the public to… Read More