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Palace nixes drug test for candidates

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 04:39 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday rejected the proposal of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to subject candidates in the upcoming elections to a drug test. Read more »

'She should go back to Congress': Junjun, bumanat kay Abby

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 02:37 AM

Magsasagupa ang magkapatid para sa pagka-alkalde sa 2019 elections. Read more »

Duterte: Sara, may kinalaman sa 'coup' sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 02:35 AM

Kinumpirma ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na may kinalaman nga ang anak niyang si Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte sa "coup" sa Kamara noong nakaraang State of the Nation Address. Read more »

Duterte, nagpatingin sa derma dahil sa pangingitim ng mukha

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 01:53 AM

Sa pagharap ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa mga negosyante kanina sa Manila Hotel, may ilan siyang rebelasyon tungkol sa kaniyang anak at sa tunay na dahilan ng pangingitim ng kaniyang mukha. Read more »

Binay vs Binay: Junjun responds to Abby

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 12:13 AM

Former Mayor Junjun Binay responds to claims made by sister Makati City Mayor Abby Binay on ANC's Headstart.  Read more »

Pending cases won’t disqualify candidates’ election bid: Sandiganbayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 10:48 PM

The Sandiganbayan said only a 'final and executory' conviction could bar candidates with pending cases from running for public office. More from Adrian Ayalin. Read more »

Require college degree for lawmakers, says analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 07:05 PM

Those aspiring to be lawmakers need to have at least a college degree, a political science professor said Thursday, a day after aspiring government leaders filed their certificates of candidacy. Read more »

Duterte to Pinoys: 'Choose your candidates wisely'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 06:18 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday urged Filipinos to “choose your candidates wisely” in the upcoming midterm polls, as he lamented the election of officials who “wallowed in their lost sense of pride.”   Read more »

Final list of 2019 election candidates out by December: Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 05:11 PM

MANILA- The final list of candidates for the 2019 mid-term elections will be out by Dec. 15, Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said Thursday. Read more »

Hontiveros wants corrupt-free Senate as scam-tagged senators seek comeback

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 04:42 PM

Opposition senator Risa Hontiveros said the Senate after the 2019 midterm elections should be corrupt-free, as former senators facing charges for the pork barrel scam seek a comeback. Read more »

'Trip-trip lang' na pagkandidato layong parusahan sa panukalang batas

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 03:19 PM

Ayon sa senador, panahon na para ipasa ang Senate Bill 911 na naglalayong amyendahan ang Omnibus Election Code. Read more »

Legarda to run for congresswoman in Antique

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 03:36 AM

Legarda will compete with former governor and former congressman Exequiel Javier for the position. Read more »

Pacquiao trainer Buboy Fernandez to run for vice mayor in Albay town

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 02:23 AM

Restituto Fernandez Jr. on Wednesday filed his candidacy for vice mayor in Polangui town, Albay, for next year's midterm elections. Read more »

‘Not enough’ women running in 2019 elections, says Comelec’s Guanzon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 01:13 AM

The country is "still a patriarchal society where men control the economy of the family and remain as the gatekeepers of political parties," the Comelec official said. Read more »

Pompee La Viña files COC for CDO mayor

Angelo Andrade, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 10:05 PM

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A former undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture officially formalized his bid for Cagayan de Oro (CDO) City mayor by filing his certificate of candidacy on Wednesday afternoon. Read more »

SENATOR WANNABES: 152 file candidacy for Senate

Kia Obang and Dave Abuel, ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Updated as of Oct 19 02:26 PM

The youngest, Armelsen Palencia, is 33 years old, and the oldest, former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, is 94. Find out the rest of the senator wannabes.  Read more »

Opposition coalition hits election bid of ex-senators tagged in 'pork barrel scam'

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 09:31 PM

The opposition coalition in the 2019 midterm elections has expressed hopes that voters would not forget the multibillion-peso fund diversion scam where former senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, and Bong Revilla were tagged.  Read more »

Candidacy filing ends with 152 senatorial aspirants, 185 party-list bets

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 06:41 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) closed the period of the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) on schedule Wednesday, with 152 senatorial hopefuls and 185 party-list bets formalizing their respective bids for the 2019 midterm elections. Read more »

CoC filing ends

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 06:41 PM

A Comelec personnel shows a timer a few minutes before the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) closed on Wednesday.  Read more »

Twists, turns on the last day of candidacy filing

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 07:35 PM

Several surprises colored the last day of the filing of certificates of candidacy for next year's midterm elections on Wednesday.  Read more »