Latest in COMELECEvery single precinct and headquarters in the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections used Starlink satellite internet for the transmission of results, with no traditional telecommunications provider involved, COMELEC Commissioner Rey Bulay said Monday. Bulay…
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has declared a viral Facebook post claiming that a voter’s receipt showed a different political party from what was actually voted a malicious and baseless falsehood. COMELEC Commissioner Rey Bulay warned that those who spread false information that undermines…
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has coordinated with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and online payment platforms to automatically flag and report suspicious single transactions above a threshold amount sent to the same individual during election periods. This is new mechanism designed…
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is fully prepared to administer the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections or BSKE this year if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoes the bill passed by both houses of Congress postponing the polls. The ballots are already printed, materials already in…
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections generally peaceful, saying isolated incidents were addressed quickly and that the commission’s sworn commitment—as in the 2025 national elections—of no failure of…
Cotabato City Mayor Mohammad Ali “Bruce” Matabalao said Monday he personally witnessed a disturbance on election day and noticed that most of those involved were people he had never before seen in his city—raising the possibility that the election day violence was carried out by outsiders rather…
At least four people were killed and 19 others wounded in seven election-related violent incidents across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on Monday, but the Philippine National Police said the violence was isolated and not widespread enough to disrupt the historic first…
Voting hours were extended in Al-Barka, Basilan until 9 p.m. and Maluso in Basilan may extend until Tuesday after ballots were allegedly found pre-shaded and replacement materials had to be sent from Manila, while Cotabato City’s second district is under negotiation for a possible extension…
The Philippine government declared the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections generally peaceful and successful Monday, despite isolated incidents reported in Cotabato City, Al-Barka in Basilan, and Maluso being addressed by the police and state security…
The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) said the plunder case against Senator Rodante Marcoleta appears designed to silence his advocacy against corruption, expressing its support for him even as it maintains it is not opposed to the rule of law. “Sinusuportahan ng Iglesia ni Cristo ang itinataguyod ni…
Since 2022, the barangay elections have been postponed twice. Filipinos voted in 2023, a year behind schedule. The next cycle was pushed from December 2025 to November 2026. Now a third delay is on the table—and critics say the justification being offered is the same one the Supreme Court already…
The Commission on Elections has already logged over 1.4 million poll registrants on the seventh day of voter registration for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. As of August 7, a total of 1,452,060 individuals have registered for the BSK elections since voter registration…
Chairman George Garcia said this is “the most successful voters registration in history.” Sa loob lamang ng apat na raw, umabot na sa mahigit 888,000 ang nagparehistrong botante para sa barangay at SK elections. Tatagal ang voter registration ng 10 araw simula August 1 hanggang August 10, 2025.…
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