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Mga kaso ng COVID-19 binabantayan matapos ang halalan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 10:15 AM

Magkakaroon nga ba ng pagsipa ng mga kaso ng COVID-19 sa bansa kasunod ng Halalan 2022? Read more »

31 voters sent home for isolation after voting: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 10 05:34 PM

Thirty-one voters were sent home after voting following presentation of COVID-19 symptoms on Election Day, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

Comelec: Tuloy ang halalan kahit magkabanta ng COVID surge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 08:21 PM

Iginiit ng Commission on Elections na matutuloy ang halalan 2022 kahit pa may banta ng COVID-19 surge. Read more »

Covid-19 hits PH Consulate - New York staff; Fil-Am groups air concerns

Don Tagala | TFC News New York
Updated as of Apr 21 09:33 AM

The Philippine Consulate General in New York faces a new challenge, as Covid-19 hits some of its staff. But it assures Filipinos that this will not affect overseas voting proceedings. Read more »

PH daily virus cases to rise if public relaxes protocol adherence: DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 03:39 PM

The Philippines can tally up to 670 daily COVID-19 cases by end-April if the public relaxes its adherence to minimum health standards, DOH said. Read more »

Comelec looking into possible health protocol violations during campaign

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 04:42 PM

The Comelec said it is looking into reports of possible violations of minimum public health standards for in-person campaign by candidates in the May elections. Read more »

Comelec drops face shield requirement in 'new normal' manual

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 12:02 PM

Comelec is no longer requiring the use of face shields in areas under Alert Levels 1, 2, and for the upcoming May elections. Read more »

DOH on BBM-Sara mascots: Vaccination campaigns headed by LGUs

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 04:40 PM

Local governments head the campaign of COVID-19 vaccination drives, the Department of Health said Friday as it insisted on being "apolitical." Read more »

Isko to Comelec: Rethink 'no selfie' rule during 2022 campaign

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 05:55 PM

Aksyon Demokratiko presidential bet Isko Moreno Domagoso urged the Comelec to reconsider its 'no selfie' rule on candidates during campaign events. Read more »

2022 polls 'unlikely' to be canceled over COVID: Comelec spox

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 09:08 AM

Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said it was "unlikely" for the 2022 national elections to be cancelled even if the country experiences a rise in COVID-19 infections on voting day. Read more »

Lawyer denies poll postponement plea meant to extend Duterte term

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 11:04 AM

A lawyer whose coalition is seeking the postponement of next year's polls denied Monday that his group's petition was intended to keep President Rodrigo Duterte in office. Read more »

PH Army told to remain non-partisan in 2022 polls

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 05:23 PM

As the election season starts, Army commanders and personnel have been told to remain non-partisan. Read more »

Paghahain ng COC para sa #Halalan2022 simula na sa Biyernes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 07:11 PM

Sa Biyernes na nakatakdang magsimula ang paghahain ng kandidatura ng mga nais tumakbo sa susunod na halalan. Read more »

Lahat ng botante, inaasahang fully vaccinated pagdating ng Halalan 2022

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 10:02 PM

MAYNILA - Inaasahan ng gobyerno na sa pagsapit ng Halalan 2022, lahat ng botante sa bansa ay nabakunahan na laban sa COVID-19. Read more »

Aksyon Demokratiko hits Duterte for politicizing ayuda

Katrina Domingo and Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 10:47 AM

Aksyon Demokratiko on Tuesday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for threatening not to release the government's cash aid directly to a certain local government in Metro Manila. Read more »

Sen. Gordon open to alliances if he runs for president

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 09:32 PM

“I want a Filipino who would be respected anywhere in the world not just because they are domestics or they are nurses abroad, we want a Filipino that can find a future in our own Pilipinas; not a Filipino who has to go out and find a future in a foreign country," Gordon said. Read more »

1Sambayan bets for 2022 polls should be grounded on reality of electoral politics: analyst

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 13 06:17 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The candidates of opposition coalition 1Sambayan for the presidency and vice presidency next year should be grounded on the reality of the country's electoral politics, an analyst said Sunday. Read more »

Vaccines for votes: Lebanon's oligarchs turn to COVID bribery

Bachir El Khoury, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 11:23 AM

Lebanon's cash-strapped leaders are bribing their base with free COVID-19 jabs ahead of next year's elections, in what observers say is the latest variant on an old corruption trick.  Read more »

Panukalang hybrid elections, patuloy na pinag-usapan sa Senado

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 11:17 PM

Ipinagpatuloy ng mga senador ang debate hinggil sa hybrid elections sa sesyon sa Senado nitong Huwebes. Read more »

Vietnam holds parliament election amid new COVID-19 outbreak

Reuters
Posted at May 23 02:03 PM

Mask-wearing Vietnamese went to the polls on Sunday, with tens of millions expected to select a largely rubber-stamp legislature amid a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak.   Read more »