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The police arrested a suspected gun ban violator in Muntinlupa on May 17. According to the Muntinlupa police, suspect Victor Santos, 18, was nabbed at E. Rodriguez corner PNR Site in Barangay Tunasan. Santos was arrested during an anti-criminality operation conducted by the Muntinlupa police’s T

Supreme Court (SC) Another petition was filed with the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday, May 18, challenging the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) ruling which denied the moves to disqualify presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. from the last May 9 presidential election. Both

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Politicians in Western and Central Visayas appears to have heeded the appeal of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division not to pay campaign

ONLY 1 out of every 10 reports of vote buying incidents received by the Commission on Election (Comelec) were "valid" reports.  Based on data from its anti-vote buying taskforce, Comelec received over 1,000 vote buying reports from its Facebook page and email.  Of these reports, 88 were deemed valid and…

The Commission on Elections had initiated its own probe into the malfunctioning vote counting machines and SD cards during May 9 elections, even before President Rodrigo Duterte spoke about it.

The special elections in several barangays in Tubaran, Lanao del Sur may be held on May 24. Comelec/MB "Under Section 7 of the Omnibus Election Code, we have to be sure that the cause of the failure of election should have cease first. That's why our projection is May 24 for the special election

(PNA file photo) MANILA -Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano said there are no reports of politicians or local government unit (LGU) officials paying permits to campaign fees or any form of aid to terrorist groups such as the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in this elections. "Marereport po natin Mr. President na sa mga permit to campaign na inilabas ng NPA ay wala tayong namonitor na m...

Military and police personnel have been deployed in 14 barangays in Lanao del Sur, where special elections will be conducted.

Failure of elections has been declared in 14 barangays in the municipalities of Butig, Binadayan, and Tubaran in Lanao del Sur. Comelec/MB The Comelec en banc decided to adopt the recommendation of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Regional Election Director Ray Sumalipao t

Supreme Court (SC) It took the Commission on Elections (Comelec) almost six years to resolve and order the filing in court of the charge for alleged overspending of a candidate for mayor in the 2010 elections. The Supreme Court (SC) nullified the Comelec’s order not on whether or not the candid