ELECTION NEWS
- August 2018
- Hybrid voting system for 2019 polls pushed (Philstar)
- Comelec backs Gordon bill vs premature campaigning (Rappler)
- Barangay and SK polls in Marawi starts August 17 (Manila Bulletin)
- Alt AES (Manila Times)
- Comelec to hold voters registration in Miriam, St. Theresa’s colleges (PNA)
- Comelec campaigns to remove doubts on automated elections (UNTV)
- Robredo asks PET to use decrypted images of 'compromised' ballots (ABS CBN)
- Senate can do charter change after 2019 polls - Villar (Inquirer)
- Comelec sees low turnout in Marawi (Inquirer)
- Comelec records 10,256 voter-related registrations in Palawan (PNA)
- PDP-Laban struggles for unity, survival ahead of 2019 polls (Rappler)
- 2.3-M applications in 1st month of voter registration: Comelec (PNA)
- Special voters registration to be held at Mandaluyong women's jail (PNA)
- Senate to issue subpoena on audit logs of Comelec during 2016 elections (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec vows voters' data breach won't happen again (Rappler)
- Election Code prevents Comelec from being independent from LGUS — Commissioner (Inquirer)
- Comelec may need P6-8 billion for federalism plebiscite (Rappler)
- Sara’s party may back up to 8 bets for senator (Philstar)
- 2016 polls: More questions than answers (Philippine Canadian Inquirer)
- COA threatens to disallow P2.58-B Comelec supply, service payments (Manila Bulletin)
- Robredo camp asks PET to set aside questionable ballots while resolving threshold issue (Philstar)
- COA questions legality of P2B worth of Comelec transactions (GMA News)
- Comelec to print 80k ballots for Sept. 22 barangay, SK polls in Marawi (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec directs partylist groups to submit SIUS (Manila Bulletin)
- 55 elected Baguio village execs can't assume posts yet (PNA)
- ‘P6-billion budget for May 2019 polls belies no-election’ (Philstar)
July
- Pimentel open to ‘hybrid’ of manual, automated poll system (Manila Bulletin)
- Letters show 2016 poll fraud accuser represented Marcos (Rappler)
- Pimentel ‘frustrated’ with Comelec’s answers to Sotto allegations (GMA News)
- Macalintal: Marcos questioning poll transmission, canvassing he already accepted (Philstar)
- Leni proposes ballot image use to speed up protest (Manila Bulletin)
- Smartmatic Seeks to Apply Blockchain in Future Elections in Philippines (Cryptovest)
- Leni: 25% ballot threshold upholds will of voter (Manila Times)
- Robredo camp denies conspiracy with Comelec on 25-percent shading (GMA News)
- Arroyo: 'House to work with Senate on charter change' (Philstar)
- Comelec-Cotabato urged to monitor 'multiple registrants (PNA)
- Filipinos to convert West PH Sea sentiments into votes in 2019 polls, Carpio warns (Inquirer)
- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won’t push ‘no-elections’ (Philstar)
- House prepares 2019 'no-election' people’s initiative (Philstar)
- COMELEC to conduct special registration for PWDs (PIA)
- Duterte wants 2019 elections to push through — Roque (Philstar)
- Satellite voter registration in 9 Bacolod villages set (PNA)
- Iloilo voters back Robredo's plea on voting threshold issue (Philstar)
- Comelec eyes holding village, SK polls in Marawi by September (Manila Bulletin)
- Secret voting, public counting (Manila Times)
- Registration of political parties ends (Manila Times)
- Robredo to PET: Disregard 'irrelevant' SolGen comment on poll protest (ABS CBN)
- Senators warn no-el violates 1987 charter (Manila Standard)
- Postponement of 2019 polls to spark outrage, Monsod warns (ABS CBN)
- SC seeks Comelec comment on vote shading threshold (ABS CBN)
- How to register for Overseas Absentee Voting (GMA News)
- SC to Comelec: Explain 25% ballot shading scheme (Manila Times)
- Comelec on no-el (Manila Bulletin)
- VP asks SC to order Comelec to comment on shading threshold (Manila Bulletin)
- Philippine polls turning deadly (The Straits Times)
- Current Comelec registration no guarantee of voter’s ID (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec: Requirements vary based on voter registration service availed (Philippine News Agency)
- Poll reform advocates warn on ‘shading’ issue (Manila Bulletin)
- Uphold 25% threshold in PET recount: Stratbase ADRi (Businessworld Online)
- Comelec sees decline in poll violence (Manila Bulletin)
- PET orders CamSur officials to explain 'irregularities' in 2016 VP race (ABS CBN)
- SC finds anomalies in 2016 elections (Manila Times)
- Unregistered youth asked to participate in 2019 polls (Manila Bulletin)
- DILG awaits guidelines regarding barangay officials with no Soce (Sunstar)
- Comelec reminds seniors, PWDs: Declare status during registration (Inquirer)
- SolGen Calida’s filings delay VP protest case – Robredo camp (Rappler)
- Comelec observes ‘robust turnout’ on 1st day of voter registration (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec accredits Sara Duterte’s new regional party (Inquirer)
- Comelec resumes registration of voters (Manila Times)
June
- Comelec expects more than 1M voters to register for 2019 polls (Manila Bulletin)
- New COMELEC Commissioner to steer 2019 elections (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec opens P1.18 bidding for 2019 midterm elections requirements (Manila Bulletin)
- 55 winners in May elections face DQ (Pna.gov.ph)
- Comelec-9 exec calls on public to register (PTV News)
- 2019 senatorial poll winners risk shortened terms during federal shift: Puno (ABS CBN)
- A stitch in time (Business Mirror)
- Comelec warns political parties of registration procedures (Manila Bulletin)
- Halalan 2019: Comelec sets deadline for registration of political parties (ABS CBN)
- Comelec sets rule on young voters (Manila Standard)
- Duterte names new Comelec commissioner (GMA News)
- Voter registration for 2019 polls resumes on July 2 (Rappler)
- NAMFREL head believes Comelec should drop Smartmatic, look for new technology providers (Manila Bulletin)
- House minority bloc to Comelec: Replace Smartmatic or no 2019 budget (Inquirer)
- Comelec summons 12 overaged SK bets (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec calls for justice for slain election officer (Philstar)
- Barangay election candidates reminded to file their SOCE (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec readies for 2019 polls by opening P300-million bidding for election materials (Business Mirror)
- Comelec allocates P174-M for lease of external batteries (Manila Bulletin)
- No proposal to stop 2019 midterm elections - Comelec (Inquirer)
- Comelec to tap Solicitor General Calida in Marcos protest, says poll tribunal source (Manila Times)
- Sara Duterte’s new regional party seeks Comelec approval (Inquirer)
- Watchdog backs poll spending hike (Inquirer)
May
- Ex-poll chief Brillantes: 50% shading threshold 'abnormal' in VP recount (Philstar)
- Robredo: Marcos lying about Comelec rule on shading threshold (Philstar)
- Bongbong Marcos: Leni’s claim on Comelec threshold for shading of ballots ‘misleading’ (Inquirer)
- Marcos asks PET to junk Robredo appeal vs 50% vote threshold (Philstar)
- Comelec asked to set aside proclamation ‘wrongful winner’ (Manila Standard)
- Ignore claims of political motives in PET recount (Manila Bulletin)
- NAMFREL airs confidence in new Comelec chairman (Manila Bulletin)
- House oks bill increasing election campaign expenses (The Standard)
- Law groups urge use of 25% threshold in 2016 polls for VP recount (Philstar)
- Retrieval of ballot boxes from Iloilo underway (Manila Bulletin)
- Namfrel to DILG: File cases vs vote-buying local pols and reps in bgy polls (Inquirer)
- CA confirms Sheriff Abas as Comelec chair (Rappler)
- From BSKE to the 2019 elections (Manila Times)
- Dead candidate wins as barangay chief in Samar (Rappler)
- Election period, gun ban end on Monday, May 21, 2018 —Comelecs (GMA News)
- CDO city election commission suspends overage winning SK candidates (Rappler)
- PNP records only 15 election-related deaths (Manila Bulletin)
- Newly-elected barangay chairman in Batangas shot dead by riding-in-tandem suspects (GMA News)
- Comelec bares additional compensation for poll servers (Business Mirror)
- Lanao Sur town voters appeal for special polls in some barangays (GMA News)
- Law students urge SolGen to back Comelec stand on ballot-shading threshold (Inquirer)
- Comelec: 1.6 million Pinoys registered for overseas absentee voting (GMA Newsr)
- IN PHOTOS: Confiscated firearms during barangay, SK elections 2018 (Rappler)
- In Negros Oriental, a barangay official wins via 'drawing of lots' (GMA Newsr)
- 2018 barangay, SK election winners to serve for only 2 years (Rappler)
- DILG to Comelec: Hold special elections for barangays without SK candidates (Rappler)
- Comelec told to speed up release of teachers’ honoraria (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec: At least 94% of barangay, SK polls winners proclaimed (ABS CBN)
- No failures reported in 2018 village polls- Comelec (Inquirer)
- Comelec to poll candidates: Start postelection cleanup (Business Mirror)
- Comelec determines barangay, SK candidates facing disqualification cases (Manila Bulletin)
- Albayalde: Violent incidents, vote-buying recorded by PNP on bgy election day (Inquirer)
- 35 killed in suspected barangay, SK elections violence – PNP (Rappler)
- 9 arrested for vote buying, more reports being validated - PNP (CNN)
- PNP says social media helped a lot in ensuring generally peaceful 2018 Barangay, SK polls (Manila Bulletin)
- PNP: 13 people killed in election-related incidents (Inquirer)
- PNP records 8 election-related shooting incidents in Bicol (Inquirer)
- Voting ends in barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan elections (CNN)
- Comelec to suspend proclamation of 1,000 overaged SK candidates (ABS CBN)
- Comelec gets delayed reports on barangay polls in 4 ARMM towns (Rappler)
- Poll precincts in Metro Manila opened on time — Comelec (Inquirer
- Barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan polls open (CNN)
- Elderly man with disability fails to vote in Bulacan (Inquirer)
- Comelec sees 75% voter turnout for barangay, SK elections (Inquirer)
- Bishop warns faithful: Shun vote-buying (The Standard)
- 2018 village bets may lose because of a barbecue stick (Inquirer)
- Comelec says Electoral Board chair can now vote (ABS CBN)
- Comelec to politicians: Don’t interfere in Monday polls (Inquirer)
- LIST: 39 barangays without SK bets (ABS CBN)
- Comelec destroys over one million excess, spoiled, defective ballots (GMA News)
- Comelec watches vote-buying in Balanga (Manila Bulletin)
- DILG to Comelec: Classify more areas as election hotspots (CNN)
- Up to 15 Brgy, SK bets in Negros Oriental ‘linked’ to NPA -Army (GMA News)
- Manila solons warn vs vote-buying (Inquirer)
- Resident urges Comelec to investigate flying voters in QC (Business Mirror)
- DepEd, other government personnel ready for May 14 poll duties (Business Mirror)
- Bongbong: 2 years, too long to wait for ‘true’ 2016 poll results (GMA News)
- Davao City barangay poll candidates openly associate with politicians (Rappler)
- Comelec to young SK voters: Don’t doodle on your ballots (Inquirer)
- Robredo allies ask Comelec to insist on 25% shading in recount (Inquirer)
- Comelec accredits Namfrel and PPCRV as its citizens’ arm for May 14 elections (Manila Bulletin)
- Barangay, SK polls 2018: How much will electoral board members get paid? (Rappler)
- DILG seeks full training of teachers serving in polls (Inquirer)
- COMELEC confirms vote-buying in Isabela (Manila Times)
- SAF commandos sent to election hotspots (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec tags 295 Northern Mindanao villages as 'election areas of concern' (ABS CBN)
- Kagawads as Avengers? Not cool, says Comelec (Philstar)
- Comelec taps public vs campaign violations (Philstar)
- What happened to DILG proposal to require barangay, SK bets to post resumés? (Rappler)
- Comelec reminds bets, public of guidelines during election campaign period (GMA News)
- LIST: Places where election campaign posters are prohibited (Rappler)
- CA Justice Inting takes oath as new Comelec commissioner (Inquirer)
- Robredo may have lost 21,000 votes in 16 towns due 50% shading threshold Manila Bulletin)
- Teachers assail 5% tax on poll pay (Manila Bulletin)
- Yellow ballot boxes for Barangay, SK polls (ABS CBN)
- Barangay, SK bets urged to conduct eco-friendly poll campaign (Inquirer)
- Comelec bans movement of foreign service officers due to poll duties (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec bares election hotspots for 2018 barangay, SK polls (Inquirer)
- Duterte declares May 14 a special non-working holiday (Manila Bulletin)
- League of Barangays tells PDEA to file cases if drug list 'verified' (Rappler)
- Any area may be placed under Comelec control if necessary - Jimenez (Manila Bulletin)
April
- Comelec sets new deadline for party-list groups (Inquirer)
- Comelec wants to recycle EMS for 2019 election (Manila Standard)
- 16 Batangas barangays without candidates for SK kagawad (Rappler)
- Comelec to use color coding system to identify election hotspots (ABS CBN)
- No automatic disqualification for bets on drug list -Comelec (Inquirer)
- CDO barangay captain bets unopposed (Philstar)
- Comelec sets recall polls for Cabadbaran (Manila Times)
- More women file for barangay posts in Eastern Samar (PIA)
- PNP wants to declare Masbate under Comelec control (Inquirer)
- Quezon City vice mayor’s office leads ‘massive’ voters’ education campaign (Business Mirror)
- PNP beefs up security ahead of May 14 polls (Philippine Canadian Inquirer)
- Comelec: Premature campaigning not poll offense (Inquirer)
- PET asks Marcos, Comelec to comment on threshold level in shading of ballots (Inquirer)
- SC orders Comelec to answer San Juan mayor’s plea vs. recall election (GMA News)
- Comelec: 2018 barangay, SK poll workers to be paid in full on election day (Inquirer)
- Comelec: Second extension for filing of COCs unlikely (CNN)
- DepEd eyes higher pay for teachers on election duty (ABS CBN)
- Comelec: Over 1.1M COCs filed for 2018 barangay, SK polls (Inquirer)
- 7,544 poll hotspots under watch (Manila Bulletin)
- Rules on campaign ads, materials for barangay, SK elections 2018 (Rappler)
- 84 Bukidnon barangays declared poll hotspots (Philstar)
- Valid vote threshold sought by Robredo erroneous – Marcos (Manila Times)
- Barangay, SK aspirants crowd COMELEC office in Manila (GMA News)
- NYC urges Filipino youth to participate in SK elections (Manila Bulletin)
- Bets in barangay, youth polls warned: No free food, no free rides (Inquirer)
- Court of Appeals justice named to Comelec (Philstar)
- Comelec lists ‘perpetually disqualified’ candidates who failed to file SOCEs (Inquirer)
- Up to voters if they vote for candidates on narco list —Comelec (GMA News)
- Comelec to implement anti-dynasty rule in 2018 SK polls (ABS CBN)
- Leni Robredo may lose votes due to shading limit (Philstar)
- Duterte orders AFP, PNP to assist Comelec in conduct of SK, barangay elections (GMA News)
- Local bets need not submit biodata, platform - Comelec (Inquirer)
- Comelec to public: COC filing is free (Manila Bulletin)
- Gun ban, checkpoints herald start of barangay, SK elections period (ABS CBN)
- Filing of candidacy for barangay, SK polls begins Saturday (CNN)
- Barangay bets warned: Be truthful in declaring party affiliation or face consequences (Inquirer)
- Jimenez: Comelec has been preparing for 2019 polls since 2017 (ABS CBN)
- Comelec tells politicians: Keep barangay, SK elections non-partisan, inexpensive (ABS CBN)
- Belmonte to lead seminar for youths aspiring to run in May SK elections (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec OKs use of COCs printed in 2017 for May SK, barangay polls (Inquirer)
- Former Comelec commissioner: Apparent disconnect between PET, Comelec ballot rules (CNN)
- Comelec to simulate May 14 elections (Inquirer)
- 'Missing' audit logs are with Comelec, Robredo lawyer says (Philstar)
- Wet ballots, ‘missing’ audit logs mark first day of manual recount (GMA News)
- No new voter’s ID - Comelec (Philstar)
- Bongbong notes ‘irregularities’ in first day of VP vote rcount (Business Mirror)
- Comelec: 24 partylist groups delisted recently can still run in 2022 polls (Manila Bulletin)
March 2018
- VP election recount off-limits to media (Manila Times)
- B’gay, KB voters finally go to polls this May (Manila Bulletin)
- Pimentel: Barangay polls in May to push through (Inquirer)
- No law, no stopping polls, says Comelec (Inquirer)
- ‘Barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan polls should proceed on May 14’ (Philstar)
- Angara says postponing barangay, SK polls anew a 'tall order' (ABS CBN)
- For Comelec, barangay polls on May 14 still ‘go’ (Manila Bulletin)
- Dela Rosa urges public not to vote for barangay officials involved in drugs (Manila Bulletin)
- All systems go (Manila Bulletin)
- PPCRV seeks accreditation as Comelec’s citizens’ arm (Manila Bulletin)
- Two different ballots will be used in barangay, SK polls — Comelec (Manila Bulletin)
- House OKs on 2nd reading bill to postpone barangay, SK elections (Rappler)
- Sotto challenges Comelec to prove transparency of 2016 polls (ABS CBN)
- Comelec, Interior dep’t continue poll preps (Manila Times)
- Brillantes doubts fraud in 2016 polls, credibility of Sotto’s source (Inquirer)
- Comelec to ask for gender quota on party candidates (Inquirer)
- Why House members want to postpone barangay, SK elections (Rappler)
- ‘No-el has painful consequences’ (Inquirer)
- Add ‘none of the above’ on ballots, says Namfrel (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec should not be the one to investigate its conduct of 2016 elections (Manila Times)
- Despite Sotto speech, Comelec to still rely on Smartmatic (Inquirer)
- Sotto informant claims 2016 poll results ‘altered’ (Inquirer)
- DILG backs bets’ resumé submission for May polls (Manila Times)
- Dengvaxia case: Comelec summons Aquino, others (Inquirer)
-
Pasay ‘flying voters’ gave LRT station as address (Inquirer)
February 2018
- DILG: We’re busy preparing for polls (Inquirer)
- Palace: Barangay polls to push through in May 2018 (CNN)
- 2 House bills seek synchronized village polls and plebiscite on new Constitution (Inquirer)
- Senate orders arrest of ex-Comelec chief Bautista (Rappler)
- Postponing barangay’ polls an ‘imposition’ (Manila Times)
- Is Bongbong withdrawing all pending motions in poll protest? PET wants to know (Inquirer)
- Church-backed election watchdog opposes postponement of barangay, SK polls (GMA News)
- Comelec: Open day care centers on May 14 (Inquirer)
- De Lima pushes bill for voluntary resignation of elected officials facing recall (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec taps Kathryn Bernardo to push women to run for youth, village polls (Inquirer)
- DILG sets deadline for submission of SK financial report (Manila Bulletin)
- No delays to review San Juan recall petition – Comelec (Manila Bulletin)
- Bongbong’s lawyer wants proof of Comelec briefing about squares on ballot images (GMA News)
- Comelec calls for trash-free campaign at low-cost (Canadian Inquirer)
- Comelec appeals to teachers: Serve in May brgy, SK polls (Sunstar)
- Comelec 85% ready for barangay polls (Manila Bulletin)
- Village, youth polls in May a go (Inquirer)
- Marcos signs document withdrawing motions that delay VP vote recount (Rappler)
- Comelec begins decryption of ballots in Tolentino poll protest (Canadian Inquirer)
- Namfrel: Comelec to spend more maintenance cost on VCMs (Malaya)
- Robredo, Marcos camps point fingers amid recount 'challenge' (Rappler)
- Appoint new Comelec execs now, Gatchalian urges Du30 (Inquirer)
- ‘Escudero’s findings to bolster Marcos VP poll protest’ (Manila Times)
- Chiz: Witness to prove 2016 poll disparities (Inquirer)
- Comelec needs budget, 6 months to prepare for plebiscite (Inquirer)
- Al Parreño named Comelec acting chair (GMA News)
- Comelec renews contract with Smartmatic for 2019 elections (Philstar)
- Comelec to purchase vote-counting machines used in 2016 (ABS CBN)
January 2018
- Comelec suspends barangay, SK polls in Marawi (GMA News)
- Marcos camp claims poll fraud evidence came from PET (Inquirer)
- Robredo camp urges PET, Comelec to probe Bongbong’s claim of questionable ballot images (GMA News)
- Ballot images show Robredo colluded with Comelec, Smartmatic - Marcos (Rappler)
- Marcoses ‘bored’ over slow resolution of poll protest (Philstar)
- De Lima files bill to create Comelec field offices (Rappler)
- Replacement of 2 retiring execs urgent as polls near (Inquirer)
- Polls opportunity to clean up barangay leadership - DILG (Manila Bulletin)
- Electoral protest: Robredo confident nothing will change after recount (Inquirer)
- VP slams Bongbong’s absence on first day of ballot retrieval (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec to 'wait and see' on 'no-election' scenarios (ABS CBN)
- Comelec sets public hearings on Mindanao poll postponement (Inquirer)
- PET keeping official copies of decrypted ballot images, other docs in VP poll protest (GMA News)
- Duterte reappoints Abas as Comelec chairman (Manila Times)
- Comelec issues calendar of activities for barangay, youth polls (Inquirer)
- 2 Catholic prelates not in favor of postponing BSK elections in Mindanao (Manila Bulletin)
- Comelec to hold public hearings on postponement of May 14 village, youth polls (Inquirer)
- Guia Gomez to defy recall notice (Manila Bulletin)
- Lacson criticizes solons who push for term extension, no-election (Inquirer)
- Robredo camp: Marcos is ‘presumptuous’ or ‘dreaming’ in claiming victory (Inquirer)
- Marcos accuses PET of being unfair; wants change of chairmanship (Inquirer)
- Zamora to Gomez: Accept election recall notice issued by Comelec (Manila Bulletin)
- Duterte term extension ‘out of the question’ (Philstar)
- Robredo camp wants transparency in transportation of poll docs (Inquirer)
- Comelec wary of 'no elections' scenario in 2019 (Rappler)
- Comelec gearing for SK elections (Sunstar)
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Comelec still housed at Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros
(Manila Bulletin)
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