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'Put out all the data': Watchdog calls for more transparency in midterm polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 01:03 AM

MANILA - An election watchdog has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to provide open election data for the 2019 midterm polls. Read more »

PH should stop issuing 'automatic' visas to Chinese, says Roxas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 04:23 PM

The Philippines should stop issuing "automatic" visas to Chinese nationals to protect the welfare of Filipino workers, opposition senatorial candidate Mar Roxas said Monday.  Read more »

Will Vico Sotto be Pasig's final answer?

Audrey Carpio
Updated as of Apr 22 04:48 PM

The single-term councilor wants to take Pasig from the hands of the Eusebios on his own terms: with only the faintest help from his famous folks and their dabarkads. Audrey Carpio joins the 29-year old on the campaign trail and meets a kind of Sotto we never knew existed.  Read more »

Campaign home stretch: Time for candidates to tug at heartstrings, says analyst

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 12:00 PM

Candidates should now start appealing to the emotions of voters with just 3 weeks left until the midterm elections, a political campaign strategist said. Read more »

Pangilinan: Duterte blaming Mar for Mamasapano is 'pure politicking'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 11:41 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's remark blaming senatorial candidate Mar Roxas for an anti-terror operation that killed 44 elite policemen in 2015 is "politicking" and part of "diversionary tactics", Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said Saturday.  Read more »

Is gender an issue? Agot asks after Duterte 'gay' tag on Hilbay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 03:58 PM

Actress-singer Agot Isidro on Wednesday said gender has nothing to do with one's integrity after President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that former solicitor general Florin Hilbay is "gay."  Read more »

Makabayan solons ask Comelec to penalize military officials for ‘electioneering’

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 02:24 PM

Left-leaning legislators on Wednesday filed a complaint against security officials for campaigning for the defeat of their party-list groups in the May elections and labeling them as terrorists and communist fronts. Read more »

'Chismoso sa kanto': Hilbay hits Duterte 'bigotry' over gay remark

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 10:31 AM

MANILA - Former solicitor general Florin Hilbay on Wednesday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for supposed bigotry after the latter branded him as gay and a "mistake" by God.  Read more »

Marcos scion draws flak for remark on 'grueling' campaign

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 11:35 AM

The eldest son of former Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos has drawn flak online for a comment on campaigning under the sweltering summer heat.  Read more »

Comelec addressing voters' concerns in Middle East

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 05:59 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Elections on Monday said it is working on improving the voting experience of overseas Filipinos, after some overseas absentee voters experienced difficulties while casting their votes. Read more »

Accused of 'incompetence', Vice Mayor Belmonte slams election foe Crisologo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 15 04:28 PM

Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday slammed an opponent for the city's top post who accused her of "incompetence." Read more »

50 barangay, SK execs face electioneering raps

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 07:41 AM

About 50 barangay officials and members of the Sanggunian Kabataan are facing complaints for partisan politics, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Monday.  Read more »

Comelec urged: Probe ‘disenfranchised voters’ in Middle East

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 07:58 PM

The Commission on Elections should look into reports of disenfranchised overseas absentee voters in the Middle East, 2 party-list nominees said Sunday. Read more »

Youth voters 'can make or break' candidates, says activist

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 03:39 PM

The youth, which comprise about a third of the country's roughly 60 million voters, can "make or break" candidates and the elections, an activist said Sunday.   Read more »

Absentee voting for Pinoys in US begins

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 01:27 PM

The overseas absentee voting (OAV) for Filipinos in the US kicked off Sunday.  Read more »

Mga kandidato sa pagka-senador, tuloy ang pangangampanya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 02:11 AM

Hindi naman nakadalo sa rally ng PDP-Laban sa Marawi City si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

PPCRV taps ambassadors to reach out to youth voters

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 02:16 PM

The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has tapped youth ambassadors who have considerable social media following to reaching out to youth voters who could be the swing vote in the upcoming midterm polls, an official of the group said Friday. Read more »

Meralco says power contingencies in place for May polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 12:44 PM

In the 2016 presidential vote, Meralco deployed generator sets in critical areas to ensure that there are no outages, company spokesman Jose Zaldarriaga said. Read more »

De Lima asks court for furlough to vote in May polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 11:00 AM

MANILA - Detained Sen. Leila De Lima is asking a local court to grant her a furlough to be able to vote during the midterm elections next month. Read more »

6,000 cops to secure polls in Zamboanga Peninsula

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 01:15 AM

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Some 6,000 police officers will be deployed in Zamboanga Peninsula to secure the midterm elections on May 13. Read more »