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Amid an uproar over defective vote counting machines, the UniTeam camp of presidential aspirant former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has raised concerns over reports of alleged irregularities in known strongholds of Marcos in Northern Luzon.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Saturday, May 7, to form anti-vote buying teams in every city and province in the country. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said such teams should receive complaints and investigate allegations

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Saturday that it will destroy a total of 933,311 official ballots which have been identified as defective and used in "roadshows."

The police arrested an alleged member of a criminal group and two drug suspects in separate operations in Taguig on May 4 and 5. Esmael Wakid aka Nashrudin Mama, 39, construction worker, was nabbed for possession of a firearm and ammunition along Datu Al Street, Purok 5, Barangay Napindan in Taguig

(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded all national and local candidates that campaign activities are no longer allowed on Sunday, the eve of the May 9 polls. According to Comelec Commissioner George Garcia, those who are looking to be elected on Monday, have only until Saturday (May 7) to court the public to vote for them. "Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day of campaigning. By Sunday, there should be no more campaigning," he said in an interview on Fri...

(PNA file photo) MANILA -The Philippine National Police (PNP) will activate its monitoring team to assist the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against vote-buying in relation to the May 9 national and local elections. "We will be activating our own PNP monitoring team to assist the Comelec concerning the report of vote-buying. The team will be from the regional headquarters down to municipal stations, and we will be closely coordinating with the Comelec with respect to these reports. We wi...

CLAIM: Circulating screenshots of text messages claimed that markers can blot and affect the shading of other ovals for other candidates on the ballot

MANILA-The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has named the dominant majority party and dominant minority party in the May 9 polls. According to Comelec Resolution No. 10787, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) was declared as the dominant majority party while the Nacionalista Party (NP) is the dominant minority party. "The Commission on Elections, by virtue of the powers vested in it by the Constitution, the Omnibus Election Code, and other pertinent election laws, r...

Just a week before the May 2022 elections, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) sent a memorandum addressed to the Commission En Banc regarding continuous reshuffling of the poll body's personnel which is contrary to the regular practice. Teachers acting as members of the electora