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Bunye: Digital vote buying, money mules, and the 2022 elections

(PNA file photo by Joey O. Razon) MANILA-Aspiring for an elective public position can be tricky and sometimes expensive, especially when persuading voters to know you and your platforms through massive campaigning and the use of lawful election propaganda. The beginning of one's political journey starts with becoming a candidate -- which refers to any person seeking an elective public office position. It will be followed by the use of campaign and election propaganda which include the follow...

(File photo) MANILA - More than 65.7 million Filipinos will be eligible to cast their ballots in the May 2022 national and local elections, aside from the 1.697 million Filipinos overseas. It may seem easy, but health risks posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have resulted in some changes in the step-by-step voting process to ensure the health and safety of people within the vicinity of voting centers. Based on the official Commission on Elections (Comelec) website, the voting hours...

National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA - National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said an election period does not suspend the operation of a legitimate arm of government, especially in maintaining peace and order. This, as the 12 cluster heads of the body on Wednesday signed and filed their counter affidavits on the various Omnibus Election Code com...

Police arrested a barangay volunteer for possession of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) and “balisong” (butterfly knife) in Taguig on Tuesday, April 12. Southern Police District (SPD) director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg identified the suspect as Norman Salipada, 27, a driver and volu

The Office of the Solicitor General again moves against its statutory client Commission on Elections, this time seeking the Supreme Court to compel it to enforce elections laws, particularly over the electoral operations of the 2022 polls and the automated election system.

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Personnel of the Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Team conducted clearing operations along Araneta-Rosario streets,

THE Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking to compel the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to comply with its constitutional duty to enforce election laws to ensure transparency in the conduct of the May 9 national and local elections. In his petition,…

SUMMER DISASTER. Mudflow is seen in a village in Baybay City, Leyte on Monday (April 11, 2022) after the onslaught of Tropical Depression Agaton. Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday (April 12) urged the Commission on Elections to suspend rules that hinder candidates from helping disaster victims. (Photo courtesy of Radyo Pilipinas/Mayor Carl Cari Facebook) MANILA - Senator Manny Pacquiao is urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to suspend rules that hinder candidates from helping disaster v...

SUMMER DISASTER. Mudflow is seen in a village in Baybay City, Leyte on Monday (April 11, 2022) after the onslaught of Tropical Depression Agaton. Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday (April 12) urged the Commission on Elections to suspend rules that hinder candidates from helping disaster victims. (Photo courtesy of Radyo Pilipinas/Mayor Carl Cari Facebook) MANILA - Senator Manny Pacquiao is urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to suspend rules that hinder candidates from helping disaster v...