MANILA, Philippines — Police arrested the second suspect in the theft of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson George Garcia’s bag, the Southern Police District (SPD) said. According to the SPD, six individuals stole Garcia’s belongings while he was at a restaurant along Roxas Boulevard in Barangay 10, Pasay City on Tuesday afternoon. “The operation was […]
Read MoreThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects to complete the printing of the official ballots for Eleksyon 2025 by Saturday, March 15, 2025. According to Comelec Chairperson George Erwin Garcia, around 66 million ballots have been printed as of Thursday, March 13. This leaves around 1.4 million ballots yet to be printed. “Matatapos bukas ng gabi […]
Read MoreThe Commission on Elections has issued a show-cause order against six Senate candidates for violating election laws on campaign posters. Some of these materials were illegally placed or not eco-friendly, with some even nailed to trees—sparking public outrage. A viral Facebook post, featured in a 24 Oras Weekend report by Mark Salazar, garnered nearly one […]
Read MoreThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) is willing to issue a resolution compelling senatorial candidates to attend debates organized by media organizations and other groups to ensure equal exposure for the 66 candidates. (Comelec will not hold a debate for senatorial candidates. We will only intervene to ensure that the debate is fair and just to […]
Read MoreThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Sunday it will start printing again official ballots for the 2025 national and local elections on Wednesday, January 22, after the operation was halted in response to a Supreme Court (SC) order. Comelec chairman George Garcia said the poll body now aims to use all the machines available at […]
Read MoreThe Commission of Elections (Comelec) on Thursday said it has started the disposal of the official printed ballots for the 2025 Midterm Elections that were rendered “useless” by a temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court. In a social media post, the poll agency said it is now conducting an inventory of all printed […]
Read MoreThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday said the mock elections have been moved to January 25 following Supreme Court’s temporary restraining order against the disqualification of some aspirants. (Our mock elections that were supposed to be scheduled for Saturday, we reset that and made it January 25 more or less.) “Hopefully, natapos na namin […]
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