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By MIKHA FLORES KABATAAN and PISTON party-lists are in hot water for failing to remove illegal posters in Manila beyond the grace period given by the Commission on Elections. Law Department Director Esmeralda Amora-Ladra said Comelec will file an election offense case against Kabataan and PISTON (Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide) for not

By MIKHA FLORES THE Commission on Elections has ordered administration senatorial candidate Jamby Madrigal to explain an online contest for a free iPad which was posted on her social network accounts. In a two-page letter dated Feb 25, Law Department Director Esmeralda Amora-Ladra ordered Madrigal to explain why Comelec should not file an election offense

MARCOS, Ilocos Norte—A village chief running for mayor of this town was gunned down on Saturday afternoon, becoming the second mayoral candidate here shot by motorcycle-riding men.

By VICENTE ALEJANDRO CATBALOGAN CITY – Four persons, three of them murder suspects, and several loose firearms and ammunition were seized in a week-long operation of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Samar ahead of the elections.

By MIKHA FLORES WHEN persons with disabilities (PWD) go out and vote on May 13, they can move around with more ease from drop off points to classrooms where they will cast their vote.

By MIKHA FLORES THE Liberal Party (LP) spent almost P2 million for its proclamation rally in Plaza Miranda in Manila at the start of the campaign period, P1 million more than the expenses incurred by rival United Nationalist Alliance (UNA). LP spent P1.89 million pesos based on the Statement of Expenses on Public Rally filed

by LEILANIE ADRIANO DINGRAS, Ilocos Norte – A retired policeman was gunned down in front of his own house Thursday morning by motorcycle-riding men, the 46th such incident in the province in four years, police said.

By JONATHAN DE SANTOS THE administration coalition Team PNoy asked the public for leeway over a social media campaign launched by senatorial candidate Maria Ana Consuelo Madrigal that election officials say may have violated the Omnibus Election Code. Team PNoy spokesman and Marikina Representative Miro Quimbo said at a press conference Wednesday there are still

By MIKHA FLORES TWO men who offered to rig local election results in a town in Mindanao in exchange for money were arrested in an entrapment operation by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the poll body said on Tuesday. Hadji Omar Masiding and Sultan Pundatoon Bagul were entrapped in an operation in a hotel in

CHINA on Tuesday announced that it returned the  Philippine notification of its suit filed at a United  Nations arbitral court  handed to the Chinese ambassador in Manila last. Jan 22, a Xinhua report said. The report carried by China.org.cn said, “The Chinese government has rejected a Philippine move to take their dispute regarding sovereignty issues

By MIKHA FLORES COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) employees have asked President Benigno Aquino III to designate lawyer Alexander Pilotin, a field officer of the poll body in Cagayan Valley, as Commissioner, saying his appointment will advance the interest of the rank and file. Pilotin is concurrently Regional Election Attorney for Cagayan and Election Officer of

BATAC CITY— Police are now trying to establish the motive behind the shooting of a law school dean Thursday night, following the arrest of two suspects.