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CBCP orders prayers for May 2022 polls during Masses

The country’s Catholic bishops have endorsed a prayer for next year’s elections to be recited in all Sunday Masses. Adopted from the Parish Pastoral

(File photo) MANILA - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has approved a prayer for the public to pray for peaceful, credible, and transparent elections next year. In a circular released on Friday, CBCP president Archbishop Romulo Valles said the "Prayer for 2022 Elections" is to be recited in all Sunday Masses starting November 28. "The prayer is similar to the Oratio Imperata but its focus is on the 16 values enshrined in the preamble of the Constituti...

The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) marks its 30th anniversary this year as the country observes the 500 Years of Christianity. PPCRV (Facebook) PPCRV Founding Chairperson Former Ambassador to the Vatican Henrietta de Villa said the observance of the 30th anniversary of PP

'We can lobby for a change in the procurement law. It is probably because of that law that only a few bidders can participate,' the poll watchdog says

MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday launched the local source code review (LSCR) of the automated election system (AES) to be used in the May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections (NLE). Poll body officials headed by chairman Sheriff Abas welcomed the participants composed of political parties, citizen's arm, civil society groups, at the kickoff activity held at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. Commissioner Marlon Casquejo, head of the Steering Committee and commissioner-in-c...

HOUSE SEAT BID. Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal shows his certificate of candidacy after he filed at the Comelec Leyte office on Monday (Oct. 4, 2021). He is expected to face as opponent Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez. (PNA photo by Roel Amazona) TACLOBAN CITY - Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Monday to vie for a congressional post in Leyte. Relatives and supporters acc...

PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid The flurry of activities in preparation for the forthcoming national and local elections may be a welcome distraction to many of us who have been focused on meeting the challenges of COVID-19. In a week or two, we shall see a final listing of candidates, an

A Catholic Church-based elections watchdog group has expressed support on the use of an "accessible" internet voting technology in the countrys national

I HAD my first taste of corporate audits a decade ago, when, after almost 11 years of working as a business journalist, I joined the corporate world as a government affairs executive. It was a bit shocking for me, all those system and process improvements that had to be crafted,…