Tag: Commissioner

Comelec says over 6 million printed ballots for May 9 polls “quarantined” and had to be “set aside”

Commissioner Garcia says 6M ballots had to be set aside after at least one ballot from this batch had been detected to have “problems” Over 58.8 million ballots for May 9, 2022 polls already printed (Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has put under “quarantine” over six million printed ballots which had to be “set aside” as part of a procedure whenever a ballot with “problems” had been detected. Comelec commissioner George Garcia […]

Inting takes oath as Comelec commissioner

  Says her “lifelong credo” is to do what is right (Eagle News) – “One should do what is right.” Retired Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justice Socorro  Inting, who  was sworn into office as the new Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner before acting chairman Al Parreño on Thursday, May 4, said this was the “lifelong credo” she always adheres to. “I am a team player. I can decide out of the box,” she added in […]

Duterte appoints lawyer who sought his disqualification from 2016 presidential race to PACC

(Eagle News) — The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission has a new commissioner. This time, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed the same lawyer who sought his disqualification from the presidential race in 2016. The appointment paper of Manuelito Luna Jr. of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption signed by President Duterte was dated April 17. The copy, however, was only made available to the media on Thursday, April 19. Luna represented Rizalito David when he sought for the […]