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(Eagle News) — Manila mayor Franscisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso filed his certificate of candidacy for the presidential run in 2022 under the Aksyon Demokratiko party on Monday, Oct. 4. He filed his CoC together with his running-mate Dr. WIllie Ong who is known for his social media posts giving advice to ordinary Filipinos. Moreno had earlier criticized how the Duterte administration had been handling the COVID-19 response when he announced his presidential bid on […]
Says the original plan was to adopt Pres. Duterte as his VP, but that changed with PRRD’s decision not to run anymore (Eagle News) – Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., filed his certificate of candidacy to run as president for next year’s elections, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, a day after announcing his bid to run for the top post. Marcos Jr., filed his CoC with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) accompanied by his […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte endorsed Senator Christopher “Bong” Go who filed his certificate of candidacy (CoC) for the vice-presidency on Saturday, Oct. 2. Duterte, accompanied Go, his former long-time aide, when he filed his candidacy with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Pasay City. There, the President announced that he would no longer run for vice-president in the 2022 elections and would just retire from politics after his term. The 76-year old […]
Duterte announces decision as Senator Go files his candidacy for VP with Comelec (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Saturday, Oct. 2, that he will not run for vice president in 2022 anymore and will retire from politics, saying he was heeding the sentiment of Filipinos. In a brief speech as Senator Bong Go filed his certificate of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, Duterte said he was “was […]
by Allison JACKSON Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines’ election season kicked off Friday with TV celebrities, political scions and at least one inmate expected to be among thousands of candidates vying for posts from president to town councillor. A week-long registration process launches a typically noisy and deadly seven months of campaigning for more than 18,000 positions — but the raging pandemic and economic misery caused by Covid lockdowns could […]
Says voter registration hours to be extended instead (Eagle News)– The Commission on Elections has rejected the proposal to move the voter registration deadline to October 31, 2021, opting to extend registration hours instead. In a statement, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the decision was made by the Comelec en banc following a discussion of the proposal made by seven senators to extend the voter registration period beyond the original date set on September 30. […]
(Eagle News) — Former Commission on Elections chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The Comelec said Brillantes died a little past 11 a.m. The poll body, however, did not cite a cause of death, saying it would issue an official statement soon. In July, lawyer Emil Marañon, Brillantes’ former chief of staff at Comelec, said his former boss had contracted COVID-19. He was reportedly intubated at the Medical Center Manila at […]
(Eagle News)–Former Commission on Elections Commissioner Resurreccion Borra passed away on Saturday, Aug. 1. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez made the confirmation in a Tweet. The cause of death was not mentioned. Borra was 84 years old. Borra was appointed COMELEC commissioner in 2001. In 2007, he became acting Comelec chairman. He retired on February 2, 2008.
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections on Saturday, April 25, announced the extension of the suspension of voter registration activities. In a statement, Comelec Executive Director Bartolome Sinocruz Jr. said the extension of the suspension to June 30 was “in light of the extension of the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine until May 15 in select areas in the country.” “The conduct of voter registration is not yet advisable since there will be restrictions on […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections has suspended voter registration amid the novel coronavirus threat. “As a response to the growing threat to public health posed by COVID19, VoterReg2020 has been suspended by the COMELEC until the 31st of March 2020,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a Tweet. He said the suspension would take effect nationwide tomorrow. “The public is advised to take all necessary precaution,” he said. Voter registration started on January […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections should defend and stand by the 2016 Automated Election System which it “designed, procured and implemented” rather than make premature calls about holding special elections where former Senator Bongbong Marcos claims irregularities took place, the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo said. In a statement, Robredo camp’s legal consultant Emil Marañon III said in the first place, Marcos “has yet to hurdle Rule 65” of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal rules […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections has approved the substitute nominees of Duterte Youth. The Comelec en banc’s approval of Ducielle Cardema, Guillermo Villarreal, Jr., Krizza Reyes and Robert Garcia as nominees could soon pave the way for the proclamation of the party-list as a winner in the May elections. Cardema is the wife of former National Youth Commission chair Ronald Cardema, who was the first to be nominated for the post. But petitions […]
