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(Eagle News) – Former Senator Pia Cayetano, sister of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, filed her certificate of candidacy as a senatorial bet with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) main office in Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday, October 16. Cayetano biked her way to the COMELEC office in Manila from the Rizal Park before filing her COC on Tuesday. She will be running under the Nacionalista Party. She is currently the Deputy Speaker of […]
(Eagle News) — Former presidential aspirant Manuel “Mar” Roxas II who lost to President Rodrigo Duterte in the May 2016 national elections filed his certificate of candidacy to run as a senatorial bet in the May 2019 elections. Roxas filed his COC past 8 a.m. Tuesday, October 16, at the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) main office in Intramuros, Manila. Roxas will be running under the Liberal Party (LP). He had previously served as […]
(Eagle News) — Naniniwala ang Malacañang na hindi masisisi ang Department of Interior and Local Government o DILG kung gumawa ito ng hakbang para mapigilan sa paghawak ng kapangyarihan o pananatili sa poder ang mga pulitikong sangkot sa operasyon ng iligal na droga sa bansa. Magsusumite ang DILG sa Commission on Elections o COMELEC ng listahan ng narco-politicians sa layuning ma-disqualify ang mga ito sa pagtakbo para sa election sa 2019. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman […]
(Eagle News) — No less that President Rodrigo Duterte accompanied his special assistant Christopher “Bong” Go when he filed his certificate of candidacy at past 4 p.m. Monday, October 15, at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) main office in Intramuros, Manila. The President sat beside Go as he submitted his COC, and even posed for photos with the signature “fist” pose, as Go showed his certificate of candidacy. Go will be running as a […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares filed her certificate of candidacy before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Intramuros, Manila. Poe was accompanied by her mother Susan Roces. (Photos by Eagle News Service Jerold Tagbo)
(Eagle News) – Controversial lawyer Larry Gadon filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) with the Commission on Elections on Friday, October 12, where he announced his senate run for the May 2019 elections. Gadon became controversial after filing the impeachment complaint before Congress in August 2017 against then Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Sereno was eventually ousted as the head of the tribunal by her colleagues in a quo warranto petition filed […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections chief and former Philippine National Police Director Ronaldo “Bato” dela Rosa filed his certificate of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) office on Friday morning, Oct. 12, 2018. Dela Rosa said he will be running for a senate seat in the May 2019 national elections under the ruling PDP-Laban party. He came with members of his family and supporters. (Jerold Tagbo, Eagle News Service) https://youtu.be/-_OZGiFt1uo
(Eagle News) — “Very successful.” This was how Commission on Elections Spokesperson James Jimenez described the first day of filing of Certificates of Candidacy for the 2019 elections. According to Jimenez, there was no report of any incidence of violence from other Comelec offices. “Overall, very successful itong first day of filing natin, in the sense na walang major aberya,” he said. The last day of the filing of COCs is Oct. 17, Wednesday.
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III filed his certificate of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) office in Manila for the May 2019 elections Thursday morning, October 11. Pimentel is seeking his reelection as senator and will be running under the ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan or PDP-Laban. He is the first senator to file his COC upon the start of the filing […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections hopes for a “dignified” filing of certificates of candidacy starting tomorrow, Oct. 11. According to Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez, “we don’t want to turn it into a circus of supporters.” The filing of COCs will last until Oct. 17. He said only the candidate for a national post and four other persons from his or her camp will be allowed inside Palacio del Gobernador for the filing on […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Leila de Lima has filed a bill seeking to give the Commission on Elections the power to procure its own offices and increase the number of election personnel based on its needs. “To guarantee the sanctity of the votes of the people, it is necessary to begin the process at the grassroots – in strengthening Comelec, the constitutional body whose principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of […]
