Mall Voting May Save COMELEC Millions of Pesos in Budget

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) revealed to the media during an interview with various news media organization that the agency will spend less and save money if the plan to have mall-based voting in the 2016 national elections pushed through. According to COMELEC Chairman the savings can be realized because the poll body’s partner-malls are … Read more

Kim Chiu Airs Statement on the Viral “No Pila” Viral Video

Kapamilya actress Kim Chiu came under fire on social media when a viral video of an alleged celebrity went viral online and irks netizens because the said celebrity failed to follow the usual queue and did not fall in line during the voter’s registration in Marikina City. The video which was first posted by the … Read more

COMELEC Announced Numbers of Registered Voters Nationwide

The Commission on Elections announced the official numbers of registered voters for the upcoming national elections. According to COMELEC some 54.6 million individuals have registered for the May 2015 local and national polls. The figures was released based on the preliminary reports submitted to the main office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Chairman Andres … Read more

COMELEC Can’t Stop Early Election Campaigns Due to a Supreme Court Ruling

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) clarified to the Filipino public that they can’t stop early election campaigns staged by various politicians both running for local and national elections due to a Supreme Court Ruling. Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista, noted that premature campaigning is no longer in the stature book because of the Supreme Court’s decision … Read more

DFA & COMELEC Announced Starts of Online Registration for OFW Voters

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced the starts of Online Voters’ Registration for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) which can now be accessed worldwide. The DFA through their DFA-Overseas Voting Secretariat said on Thursday that it had opened iRehistro in the Foreign Service Posts in the Asia-Pacific Region. According … Read more

PCGG Head Atty. Andres Bautista Named as New COMELEC Chief

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III has appointed former Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) Atty. Andres Bautista as Commission on Election (COMELE) chief on April 28, 2015. The appointment of the former PCGG Chief was approved on April 28, as what Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte revealed. Aside from the new COMELEC Chief, President Aquino … Read more

Former Mayor Rowena Guanzon Considered to Head the COMELEC

Former Cadiz City Mayor Rowena Guanzon is one of those who were being considered to head the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), after the former chairman Sixto Brillantes resigned from his post as the highest official of the Commission on Elections. According to some sources, the former mayor from Negros Occidental was identified with the lawyers … Read more