Politics

Shun partisan politics, DILG exec warns barangay officials

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan - PNA MANILA -- An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday warned barangay officials to refrain from engaging in partisan politics...

Comelec to release final list of 2019 poll bets next week

By Ferdinand Patinio/PNA MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said it will release the final list of national and local candidates for the May 2019 mid-term polls next week. According to...

Comelec bars 2K multiple registrants in Zambo City

By R. G. Antonet Go/PNA ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disapproved the application of 2,000 people to register as voters in the 2019 mid-term polls after they were...

Comelec sets Dec. 5 to draw order of party-list groups

By Ferdinand Patinio/PNA MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set a Dec. 5 raffle to determine the order of the listing of party-list groups, organizations or coalitions on the official...

Comelec releases partial roster of party-lists, local candidates

By Ferdinand Patinio/PNA MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday released the tentative list of party-list and local candidates for the May 2019 midterm polls. The list of candidates for party-lists, governors,...

Pimentel wants disqualification case junked

By Ferdinand Patinio/PNA MANILA — Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Friday asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dismiss the disqualification case filed against him by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio for lack of...

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