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Mga bagong halal na opisyal nanumpa bago umpisahan ang termino

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 06:09 PM

Naumpa na sa kani-kanilang lugar ang mga bagong halal na alkalde at iba pang lokal na opisyal. Read more »

Sara Duterte's Hugpong throws party after big election win

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 24 11:12 PM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE)—The biggest names in Philippine politics, led by President Rodrigo Duterte, gathered Monday evening as the administration-backed slate Hugpong ng Pagbabago threw a thanksgiving party following its big victory in the recently held senatorial elections. Read more »

Duterte credits critic Trillanes for ex-aide Bong Go's senatorial win

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 08:12 PM

Duterte said Go was elected senator because Trillanes kept on summoning him to the Senate for different issues. Read more »

Voter registration for barangay, SK polls to start in August

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 01:26 PM

Voter registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections would resume next month, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Friday. Read more »

No proclamation certificate for Duterte Youth yet: Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 02:47 PM

MANILA- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will not issue a certificate of proclamation to Duterte Youth party-list just yet amid questions on the eligibility of former youth commissioner Ronald Cardema to be its nominee. Read more »

OPINION: What we can learn from Asia’s elections season

Karim Raslan -- Ceritalah ASEAN
Updated as of Jun 17 02:12 PM

It would appear—with notable exceptions—that the strongmen have prevailed in Asia.   Read more »

Bong Go, nangakong hindi papaboran ang mga tumulong sa kaniyang kampanya

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 16 07:04 PM

Sinagot ni Senator-elect Christopher "Bong" Go ang ilang batikos sa kaniya sa social media matapos niyang pumangalawa sa mga kandidatong may pinakamalaking nagastos sa kampanya sa katatapos na halalan. Read more »

Imee Marcos says no personal money spent in Senate bid

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 07:01 PM

Her mother, former first lady and outgoing Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos had ranked as the third richest lawmaker in 2018. Read more »

'Duterte's call to replace Smartmatic shows his frustration on poll irregularities'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 12:37 AM

A Philippine election official believes President Rodrigo Duterte's call to replace Smartmatic, the country's vote-counting machine provider, is a reflection of his frustration over the perceived irregularities in the midterm polls. Read more »

Bam Aquino: Liberal Party has to 'start fresh' after Senate race wipeout

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 10:52 AM

The Liberal Party has to "start fresh" after the May elections that shut the Senate to opposition candidates, outgoing Sen. Bam Aquino said Monday.  Read more »

Duterte: I told Sara not to run for president, any national office

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 05:27 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he discouraged his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio from running for president or any national post as the job comes with a lot of "suffering."   Read more »

Halalan 2019 pinakatumpak ang VCM, ayon sa audit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 08:39 PM

Sa 4 automated na halalan, ang sa 2019 daw ang may pinakamataas na accuracy rate ng vote counting machines. Read more »

Pangilinan presses Comelec to explain poll glitches

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 03:02 PM

Pangilinan, who led the dismal campaign of the Liberal Party-backed Otso Diretso senatorial slate, said the poll body has yet to respond to their requests for an explanation. Read more »

Comelec says 'hands tied' over Duterte order against Smartmatic

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 06 09:41 AM

A spokesperson of the Commission on Elections on Thursday said its hands were tied over President Rodrigo Duterte's directive to refrain from tapping firm Smartmatic as technology provider in the next polls.    Read more »

Legislative solution needed vs 'stand-in' party-list nominees: Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 06 09:30 AM

It is up to lawmakers to prevent party-list groups from fielding "stand-in" nominees that can later be replaced with their real candidates, a spokesperson of the Commission on Elections said Thursday, as it weighed a substitution plea by the Duterte Youth group.    Read more »

The writings on the wall: Why political parties?

Edmund S. Tayao
Updated as of Jun 07 04:57 PM

There is no such thing as bobotante or stupid voters; voters ever since have been making the most out of the limited information they have to vote wisely. Read more »

Lone dissenter Guanzon: Duterte Youth's substitution bid 'irregular, illegal'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 06:42 PM

The last-minute substitution bid of the Duterte Youth party-list members is "irregular," "illegal" and "'attended by glaring procedural anomalies," Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon said. Read more »

Gov't eyes digital signatures to better secure 2022 polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 02:40 PM

Digital signatures are personal identification numbers assigned to members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) to identify who among them is operating a vote-counting machine. Read more »

Comelec spox, Glenn Chong nagkasagutan kaugnay ng halalan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 03 11:24 PM

Nagkasagutan ngayong Lunes sa Kamara sina Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez at dating kongresistang si Glenn Chong. Read more »

Comelec must decide, act swiftly on poll tech change: ex-commissioner

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 03 10:30 AM

The Commission on Elections should start looking for a new technology provider for the 2022 polls by this year if it decides to heed President Rodrigo Duterte's call to replace Smartmatic, a former commissioner said Monday. Read more »