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Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Tuesday, March 15, lamented the Commission on Election’s (Comelec’s) printing of official ballots without the presence of candidates’ observers, saying such act of the poll body is an “unforgivable disservice to the electorate.” (Screenshot taken from Macalint

Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, March 15, asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to comment on the petition filed by government lawyers to stop the implementation of the poll body’s memorandum of agreement (MOA) with news outfit Rappler on the provision of “fact-checking, p

MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he does not believe that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) could disregard the rule of opening ballot printing to election observation groups. "I do not believe it because itong Comelec naman ang mga tao diyan ay kilala ko lahat (I know everyone at Comelec)," he said in a prerecorded interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy aired Saturday on SMNI. Duterte said he has not heard of such violations, noting that the Comelec should always open bal...

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, March 9 suggested the simplification of election laws, taking into account jurisprudence which interprets the current provisions of a law. Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III Pimentel made the suggestion as the Senate committee on electoral reform

Pangasinan 6th district Rep. Tyrone Agabas and Caloocan 2nd district Rep. Edgar Erice said that candidates running for local positions in the May polls may be put at a disadvantage when seeking campaign permits from municipalities led by incumbent rival candidates. Comelec logo (File photo) Agab

Civil Service Commission Commissioner Aileen Lizada wants the spouses and families of Philippine ambassadors to undergo proper briefings on what they can and cannot do while on postings abroad.

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A Filipino ambassador and his wife were ordered to return to the Philippines after the latter was seen on a video campaigning for presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. before a crowd of overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of

The PDP-Laban faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Saturday officially proclaimed Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as the party’s vice-presidential candidate at a proclamation rally in San Mateo, Rizal.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has ordered the Philippine ambassador to Saudi Arabia to return to Manila for "home office consultations" after his wife was caught on video endorsing a presidential candidate.