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MANILA - A petition to disqualify former Palawan governor Mario Joel Reyes, who is running for the same position in the upcoming polls, has been filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). In their petition filed on April 28, a copy of which was released on Tuesday, Nasir Miranda and Mohammad Asgali urged the Comelec to disqualify Reyes from running for Palawan governor anew for being a convicted criminal. "The disqualification from public office imposed on (the) respondent is clear...

Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has dismissed the remaining disqualification case filed by group Pudno nga Ilokano against presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for lack of merit. The 29-page decision by the Division composed of Presiding Commissioner Socorro Inting and members, Commissioners Aimee Ferolino and Aimee Torrefranca-Neri, has cleared the presidential...

Senatorial candidate Raffy Tulfo (PNA file photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed a petition to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of broadcaster Raffy Tulfo who is running for senator. In a nine-page decision penned by Second Division presiding Commissioner Socorro Inting, the petition filed by Julieta Licup Pearson, who claimed to be married to the respondent was denied for lack of merit. "In sum, the Petition does not have any legal leg to stand on. On...

Former senatorFerdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Another case seeking to revoke the candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has been junked by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). This, as the poll body's Second Division has unanimously denied the petition filed by Fr. Christian Buenafe, among others, to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of Marcos for lack of merit. "Wherefore, premises considered, the instant P...

Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to resolve soon the first case seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. This after the poll body's Second Division has ordered the petitioners, Fr. Christian Buenafe and others and the former senator to submit within five days, upon receipt of the order, their respective memoranda. It added th...

Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos (File photo) MANILA - Another disqualification case was filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bong Bong" Marcos Jr. by his fellow Ilocanos before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday. In a petition, Margarita Salonga Salandanan and others urged the poll body to disqualify the former senator, citing the same arguments by other petitioners who said Marcos was convicted by Quezon City Regional Trial Court in 1995 ov...