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The Supreme Court has junked petitions challenging the candidacy of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., clearing the path to his oath-taking as the 17th president of the Philippines.

Petitioners seeking the disqualification of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., currently presumptive president-elect, have elevated their fight to the Supreme Court.

In a 75-page petition, the SC was asked to reverse the resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and to grant the petition for disqualification against Marcos.

Just a day after the elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released its ruling on Tuesday, May 10 on the motions for reconsideration (MRs) filed by the petitioners seeking the disqualification and the cancellation of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of presidential candidate Ferdinand "

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has thrown out two of the four pending motions for reconsideration (MR) on the cases, which seek to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who seems headed for a landslide victory based on partial unofficial election returns. As promised, the Comelec en banc on…

THE Commission on Elections has thrown out two of the four pending motions for reconsideration (MR) on the cases which seek to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., who seems headed for a landslide victory from partial unofficial returns. As promised, the Comelec en banc on Tuesday finally promulgated…

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Comelec provincial election supervisor-designate of Negros Oriental, lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano. (PNA photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental on Monday said the poll body's dismissal of a petition for the cancellation of the certificate of candidacy (COC) of Gov. Roel Degamo, who is seeking reelection on May 9, is not yet final and executory. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec-Negros Oriental's provincial election s...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed a petition seeking to disqualify the candidacy of Antonio Agapito “AA” Legarda Jr., brother of senatorial aspirant Loren Legarda. (Photo from AA Legarda Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) The petition, filed by a certain Salvador Ungsod, sought t

With the recent retirement of three of its officials, the remaining members of the former Commission on Elections (Comelec) First and Second Divisions are given 45 days to dispose of pending cases. Comelec/MB The Comelec has been constantly updating its own Rules of Procedure to ensure an "