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Jimenez, who had served as Comelec spox since 2006, on the hot seat amid “PiliPinas Debates 2022 fiasco” (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has designated the poll body’s law department director, John Rex Laudiangco, as acting spokesperson amid an ongoing probe on James Jimenez regarding the PiliPinas Debates “fiasco.” This was the first time in 16 years that Jimenez, the longest serving Comelec spokesperson, has been relieved albeit temporarily from the duty […]
Comelec Task Force probing “PiliPinas Debates 2022 fiasco” finds “reasonable cause” to also start administrative disciplinary probe against Directors Jimenez, Arabe (Eagle News) – A top official of the Commission on Elections has recommended the relief of the poll body’s spokesperson Director James Jimenez and Frances Arabe as the commission is set to start a “formal fact-finding and administrative disciplinary investigation” regarding the alleged anomalies in the PiliPinas Debates 2022. Comelec commissioner Rey Bulay […]
(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 proclamation of winning Senate and party-list bets will not push through today, May 21. Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez said the National Board of Canvassers was still awaiting the arrival of Certificates of Canvass from Los Angeles, California in the United States. Earlier, the poll body said the proclamation might push through on this day, with the winning partylists to be proclaimed in the morning, and the winning senators at night. As […]
(Eagle News)–Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez on Monday, May 13, said there was no failure of elections anywhere in the country. Jimenez made the declaration even as 400 to 600 vote-counting machines were reported to have malfunctioned. Earlier, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said all 36,831 polling centers in the country opened for the conduct of the midterm elections after all. He said the six polling centers in Lanao del Sur, which he […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections said that around 400 to 600 vote counting machines had problems out of the around 85,000 machines being used for the May 13, 2019 midterm elections. In a press briefing, Comelec said that the ballot machines which were defective had to be replaced. “We understand that the perception is that there are a lot of VCMs that have malfunctioned. Right now, I can tell you that the […]
(Eagle News)–The printing of ballots for the 2019 midterm elections is expected to finish earlier than the target date. According to Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez, ballot printing may be completed before the start of the weeklong holiday in April, earlier than the initial target date of April 25. Jimenez said this was after 60.24% of the 63,662,481 total number of ballots, or 38,347,754, have already been printed as of March 19. Although there are […]
(Eagle News)—The Commission on Elections on Tuesday, Feb. 12, called out several national and party-list candidates for violating the requirements for campaign materials. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez called the attention of the candidates in a series of tweets posted on the same day the campaign period for those bets kicked off. Among those Jimenez called out were the camps of Bong Revilla, Mar Roxas, Bong Go, Jinggoy Estrada, Francis Tolentino and Sonny Angara. He also called […]
(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.
(Eagle News) — Aspiring candidates of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will only have until 5 p.m. today to file their certificate of candidacies (COCs), as the filing period ends on Friday, April 20. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) spokesperson James Jimenez, said they are expecting busy weeks ahead after the filing week, since the campaign period will be from May 4 to 12. According to Jimenez, after the filing period, the COCs will be […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections – through a tweet made by COMELEC spokesperson James Jiminez – will stop conducting voters’ registration from December 24 – 25 and December 31 – January 1. Voters’ registration will resume from December 26 – December 30 and onward from January 2 to April 29, 2017. https://youtu.be/c6hLwW5MR_w
QUEZON City, Philippines (May 9) – In the NET 25’s live coverage of the national and local elections, Desisyon Ng Bayan 2016, Commission on Election’s James Jimenez tackles the issue regarding malfunctioning vote-counting machines as well as the possibility of extending the voting period due to the malfunctioning of the VCMs. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
