Nagkakaisa ang Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc na magbigay ng palugit sa pagpaparehistro ng mga botante sa loob ng 16 na araw sa pagitan ng Okt. 11 at Okt. 30 upang bigyang-daan ang mas maraming tao na makilahok sa halalan sa Mayo 2022 sa gitna ng mga panawagan mula sa public interest groups at Kongreso.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc unanimously granted an extension of voter registration for 16 days between Oct. 11 and Oct. 30 to allow more people to participate in the May 2022 elections amid calls from public interest groups and Congress.
Opposition coalition 1SAMBAYAN on Thursday endorsed Vice President Leni Robredo as its presidential candidate in the 2022 elections after an "overwhelming majority" of the group’s 24 convenors chose her among other possible nominees.
Filipinos have been using the phrases "never forget" and "never again" more frequently nowadays, not only to express disapproval of martial law-like proposals and the attempts of the Marcoses to reclaim Malacañang.
Ten days before the end of voter’s registration for the 2022 polls, youth voters are urged to “amplify their voices” against the barrage of efforts to bury martial law atrocities.
The still rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections may be a perfect excuse to call for resetting the date of the May 9, 2022 elections but the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has consistently warned against it.
It was the screaming headline of September 8, 2015: Duterte drops out of presidential race.
Describing President Rodrigo Duterte as “worse than Marcos,” survivors of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s martial law on Saturday urged voters to reject the Dutertes and Marcoses seeking election in May 2022.
Public dismay over the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has lowered the approval rating of the administration but not so much of President Rodrigo Duterte himself, the head of a public opinion polling body said Friday.
Some 315 local journalists and 40 media organizations on Saturday vowed to provide reliable and accurate coverage of the 2022 elections despite threats to press freedom and even their lives, placing voters and the integrity of the polls at the center of their reporting.
