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The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms on Tuesday voted to postpone the December 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to December 4, 2023. At least 12 members of the committee approved the motions made by Dasmariñas Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. In his motions, Barzaga also moved the…

Comelec acting spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco (File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday expressed its support for the measure seeking to declare vote-buying as a heinous crime. "The Comelec, through Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia, fully supports the passage of HB (House Bill) No. 1709 entitled "An Act Defining and Declaring Vote-Buying as a Heinous Crime", authored and filed by Malasakit at Bayanihan Rep. Anthony Golez, Jr.," said Comelec act...

Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. (Malasakit at Bayanihan Party-list) filed House Bill No. 1709 or the “Vote-Buying is a Heinous Crime Act” that punishes political parties, organizations, and other agents for giving and offering money “or anything of value,” including employment, in exchange fo a vote.

Through electoral reforms, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia vowed to remove the distrust that the public has on the poll body. Comelec Chairman George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) In an interview on ANC's Dateline Philippines, Garcia said that the poll body was able to d

Members of the Makabayan bloc are among the party-lists accused by administration allies of being linked to the armed communist movement, though the blocs members have repeatedly denied this. 

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Globe Telecom reported that cooperation with local authorities in a crack down on cable theft has led to the arrest of 13 suspects,

Local telcos suffered at least a thousand incidents of cable theft and sabotage of their network equipment in the first semester of 2022 alone. They urged customers to stay vigilant against such illegal activities disrupting their internet connection, Thursday, July 21. Recently, a group of me

National Bureau of Investigation Criminal charges have been filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against a person who posed as agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and poked a gun at a motorist during a traffic altercation in Meycauayan City in Bulacan last May 8. Char

An anti-dynasty provision in the party-list law is one of the key legislative reform areas being looked at by the two of the country's poll watchdog groups. (Screenshot from Participate PH Facebook live) According to Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) Executive Director Ona Caritos,

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Effective July 1, all the reshuffled Commission on Elections officials will return to their previous posts, disclosed Region 6