The online voting option for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is a matter of right, House committee on overseas workers affairs chairperson and Tingog party-list Representative Jude Acidre said Friday. Acidre was responding to the petition filed by the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party asking the High Court to stop the Commission on Elections … Read more
Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate on Monday filed a disqualification case against Leyte 4th District Rep. Richard Gomez for allegedly spreading “false and alarming” information online. Oñate arrived at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Office in Intramuros, Manila to file the disqualification case against Gomez, who is running for reelection in the May polls. According … Read more
The Buhay Ang People Power Campaign Network (BAPP), a coalition dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, on Saturday urged Filipinos to demonstrate People Power at the May 2025 elections by voting leaders who esteem democracy, human rights, and good governance. “People Power reminds us that every Filipino … Read more
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is requesting the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt from the May 2025 midterm elections spending ban the sale of National Food Authority’s (NFA) rice stocks by local government units (LGUs). “We are [actually] releasing a letter to the Comelec to officially inform them that we have a program like … Read more
A Pasig court has ordered the camp of detained televangelist Apollo Quiboloy to explain his recorded message that was played before his supporters and later posted on social media earlier in February. In a two-page order dated February 12, the Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 159 said the video was aired on February 9 at … Read more
The 90-day campaign period for the national candidates vying for positions in Eleksyon 2025 started Tuesday, February 11, while local candidates will begin wooing their constituents on March 28. However, campaigning will be prohibited on April 17 (Maundy Thursday), April 18 (Good Friday), May 11 (eve of Election Day), and May 12 (Election Day). Here are … Read more
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday uploaded the new ballot faces for the 2025 national and local elections on its website, ahead of its planned resumption of printing on Monday. Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco confirmed this to GMA News Online through a Viber message. The new ballot faces contain the 66 senatorial candidates … Read more