The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has decided to extend the voting hours in the coming election on May 10. The Comelec said it will extend voting by three hours in order to accommodate a large numbers of voters in the clustered precincts.
The poll body released its General Instructions recently saying that voting precincts will be [...]

And so ends months of speculations as the president of the country finally made known to the public her political plan for 2010. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo made the official announcement in an interview aired over government radio.
“I will file my candidacy for Congress in order to serve the hardworking people of my home province,” [...]

The Liberal Party (LP), led by its presidential and vice-presidential bet, Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Senator Manuel Roxas III, together with their senatoriables, was the first to file their certificate of candidacy as a group.
The senatorial line up of the LP include Anakbayan Partylist Representative Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, former National Economic Development Authority head [...]

It’s final! Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero will not be throwing his hat into the presidential ring, saying that “now is not the time to run for the presidency,” as he announced on Tuesday that he will not be participating in the May 2010 elections except to vote. He made the announcement to his supporters and [...]

All systems go! The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is all set and ready to receive poll candidates who will be filing their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) starting tomorrow, Friday, November 20 until midnight of December 1, 2009.
Yes, the preparations for the May 10, 2010 elections get into high gear as the Comelec awaits the CoCs [...]

Nacionalista Party (NP) presidential bet, Senator Manny Villar, now also has a running mate. Teaming up with Villar to run as vice president is no other than Senator Loren Legarda of the Nacionalist People’s Coalition (NPC). The team-up of the two senators was officially announced last Monday at the historic Laurel House in Mandaluyong City.

“Kung tutulong kayo, ngayon na!”
These were the words of presidential aspirant, Senator Manny Villar, during his visit at the Wowowee  last July 25, together with his daughter. Picking up from the senator’s cue, the show’s host Willie Revillame put him on the spot by saying, “Kaya nyo bang bigyan itong anim na ito nang house [...]

Despite of a lot of oppositions from candidates and political parties, the 5% withholding tax on campaign expenditures will soon be imposed. In fact, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has already issued last Friday the guidelines on the said campaign tax.
Revenue Memorandum Order 35-2009 was issued by BIR officer-in-charge Joel Tan Torres which lays [...]

It’s final. After going through a lot of choices, the Lakas-Kampi-CMD has announced the running mate for its standard bearer, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr.  The party has chosen former Optical Media Board chairman Edu Manzano, whose candidacy as vice president bet of the administration party will be officially proclaimed next week during the party’s [...]

On Thursday, Pampanga Governor Eddie Panlilio will be officially sworn as a Liberal Party (LP) member. The party is making preparations for the preparations of Among Ed, said LP director general Chito Gascon.
Among Ed is joining the LP as he helps push the candidacies of Senators Benigno Aquino III and Manuel Roxas II as president [...]

Talks has it that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be stepping down as president of the merged Lakas-Kampi-CMD party in order to boost the presidential bid of administration candidate Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro, Jr. The news was confirmed by Pampanga first district Rep. Carmelo Lazatin, who said Arroyo disclosed her plan during a closed-door meeting at the [...]

Because typhoon Santi has caused power interruption in some parts of Metro Manila and Southern Luzon, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is making some leeway on its strict adherence to a ‘no extension’ of voters’ registration.
The Comelec yesterday said it will allow registrants in its offices who were affected by the power outage brought by [...]

In the coming 2010 local and national elections, the party-list groups will be missing 25 organizations from the previous elections, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) delisted these 25 from the official list of registered sectoral party-list groups because they failed to get sufficient votes in the 2007 elections.
The Comelec said in its six-page resolution [...]

The Commissions on Elections (Comelec) suspended the printing of voters’ identification cards to give way to the computerized system of registration. This was upon the advice of acting director Jeannie Flororita.
The Comelec said, that upon the resolution of the poll body, printing of the voter’s ID would only resume once the number of voters who [...]

Upon the recommendation of the Election and Barangay Affairs Division (EBAD), the Commission on Election decided to stop the disenfranchisement of registrants. This will make the Comelec stop the deactivation of voters who failed to take part in the midterm and Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in 2007.

Because of the clamor of many Filipinos, especially who are working and cannot register during regular working hours, a resolution has been approved recently by the Commission on Election extending its working hours. In the resolution that was approved last Tuesday, the Comelec ordered all poll offices nationwide to stay open and provide services until [...]

Starting November 20, aspirants for the local and national elections on May 10, 2010 can start filing their certificates of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec). The last day of filing of COC is on November 30. The announcement was made by the Comelec as it issues the guidelines for the filing of [...]

Eyes will on the Bayani Fernando, now that the ruling party Lakas-Kampi-CMD has announced its choice to be the party’s standard bearer for the 2010 presidential election, and they choose Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro over the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA). When asked for reactions, Bayani said that he is keeping his “options open” and [...]

As the 2010 elections draw nearer, the business community is becoming wary because of some bills that are still pending both on the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Believing that lawmakers attention would be shifted once the campaign season starts, sixteen local and foreign business groups wrote a letter to House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles [...]

Slowly turning out to be the ‘underdog’ as far as his party’s endorsement is concerned and his poor ratings in the survey, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman, and presidential aspirant, Bayani Fernando said he is still hopeful he would be named as the administration standard bearer. This, in spite of the widening support being [...]