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(Eagle News)–Ronald Cardema, who had been disqualified as a nominee for the Duterte Youth party-list for not meeting the age requirement, has withdrawn his nomination to allow for the proclamation of the party-list as a winner in the 2019 elections. In his letter posted by Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, Cardema, however, stood by his allegations against Guanzon, saying she “requested and forced favors” from them. Cardema has claimed Guanzon asked P2 million in exchange for […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has reversed a Commission on Elections ruling disqualifying Edgardo Tallado from running for governor of Camarines Norte during the May elections. Voting 8-6, the en banc approved Tallado’s petition assailing his disqualification in a session held on Sept. 10. Concurring with Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin, who penned the decision, were Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Alexander Gesmundo, Andres Reyes, Jr., Jose Reyes, Jr., Amy Lazaro-Javier, Henry Jean Paul B. Inting, and Rodil […]
(Eagle News)–Former National Youth Commission Chair Ronald Cardema on Wednesday, Aug. 21, claimed he paid a congresswoman P2 million so Commission on Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon would vote to accredit the Duterte Youth party-list. Cardema made the allegation in an interview over radio dzbb. He, however, did not identify the supposed congresswoman. “May pinakausap ako na ibang tao na magbibigay rito kay congresswoman,” Cardema claimed. Cardema hurled the allegations after the Comelec First Division, of […]
(Eagle News) – The nationwide voters’ registration for the scheduled May 2020 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections started on Thursday, August 1, 2019, amid the uncertainty of the elections pushing through. President Rodrigo Duterte himself during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) had called for the postponement of the 2020 barangay and SK elections, noting that there was not enough time for the incumbent barangay and SK officials to complete their projects. He […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is now looking for options for automated elections technology providers that could be presented to the Commission on Elections as an alternative to the controversial Smartmatic technology. Information and Communications Technology Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., said that his department is now complying with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to look for an alternative to Smartmatic which the President wants to be replaced for the […]
(Eagle News)–Stop using Smartmatic. President Rodrigo Duterte gave this advice to the Commission on Elections, following the May 13 polls that saw the breakdown of some vote-counting machines. Duterte made the statement even as many of his senatorial candidates garnered the votes necessary to make it to the winning circle, and practically obliterated the opposition Otso Diretso, which did not see any of its Senate bets make it to the Top 12. Bam Aquino was […]
(Eagle News) – Newly elected local government officials should file their Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) by June 13 with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) or they will not be able to assume office. This was the warning from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) which stressed that the filing of the SOCE is the “first legal obligation” of the candidates who won local posts. “We are reminding the winners to […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections sees the proclamation of winning Senate and party-list bets on Tuesday, May 21. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez made the remark in a press conference on Monday, May 20, with only a few Certificates of Canvass left to be counted exactly a week after the May 13 polls. Jimenez said 1,050,681 votes from Isabela province are expected tonight. The National Board of Canvassers also has yet to canvass COCs from Isabela, […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate bets in the winning circle held on to their rankings in the Senate race as of Friday night, with 97.97 percent of nationwide election returns already canvassed based on partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections transparency server. Reelectionist senator Cynthia Villar was still at the top of the list, with 25,057,032 votes as of 9:53 p.m. She was followed by another reelectionist Grace Poe, who got 21,875,544 votes so […]
(Eagle News)–Some of the Senate bets in the winning circle have been given invitations for proclamation rites tentatively slated on Sunday, May 19, sources said. According to the sources, the invites were sent by the Commission on Elections. Each senator, based on the invite, is entitled to bring five companions, sources said. The sources said the Comelec was asking the names of the companions of the winning senators in advance for the rites tentatively at […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is asking the National Printing Office to explain if it had indeed subcontracted the printing of the voters’ information sheet for the May 13 midterm elections in violation of the rules of the Commission on Audit. Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon said that they had received information on Tuesday, May 14, that the NPO had subcontracted the printing job to Holy Family Printing Press which resulted in errors […]
(Eagle News)–Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon believes the suppliers of the SD cards used in the 2019 elections should not be paid in full. Guanzon made the remark in an ambush interview on Wednesday, May 15. “Papasuri ko ‘yan, ‘yung proseso sa bidding at pag-deliver nila ng cards kasi ‘yan po talaga ang naging problem,” she said. She noted, however, that the Comelec en banc has yet to rule on the matter. The Comelec […]
