May 17, 2022, Lian Buan The Supreme Court is on a writing break and is set to resume only in June when Congress is presumably already done with canvass. But time is not an issue, says one lawyer. MANILA, Philippines – The legal fight has officially reached the last resort, the Supreme Court, as civic…
Gaea Katreena Cabico – Philstar.com May 13, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Opposition coalition 1Sambayan asked the Commission on Elections to investigate vote buying incidents and spread of disinformation on social media that cast doubt on the integrity of the May 9 elections. In a statement,1Sambayan said irregularities such as vote buying, voter disenfranchisement, vote counting…
By: Neil Arwin Mercado – Reporter /INQUIRER.net /March 03, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Candidates who are asking for the topics to be discussed ahead of the actual debate “have nothing between their ears,” a political science professor from the University of the Philippines (UP) said. Retired UP professor Clarita Carlos made the remark after the…
Feb 11, 2022 Dwight de Leon ‘There is no law punishing non-filing of ITR? Why was BBM convicted then? Ang bright-bright n’yo naman,’ says retired Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon, in reaction to the ruling on an anti-Marcos case MANILA, Philippines – Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Guanzon did not mince words when she…
Jan 31, 2022 Dwight de Leon The dictator’s son Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ‘acted as if the law did not apply to him,’ writes Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon in her separate opinion MANILA, Philippines – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon issued on Monday, January 31, her separate opinion on the disqualification cases against presidential…
By: Carla P. Gomez – Correspondent / Philippine Daily Inquirer / January 28, 2022 BACOLOD CITY—An outspoken member of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) who admitted voting to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday said “political interference” was delaying the release of the decision on the case. The son and namesake of…
Nov 1, 2021, Dwight de Leon MANILA, Philippines The newly signed Comelec contract solidifies F2 Logistics’ status as the second biggest winner of 2022 poll-related projects, right after Smartmatic, which has secured over P2 billion worth of deals so far The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has inked a P535.999-million contract with F2 Logistics, a company…
EDITORIAL: Philippine Daily Inquirer / October 20, 2020 Among the very first official acts of the reconstituted House under new Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, hours after he replaced Alan Peter Cayetano, was to proclaim a controversial party list representative. On the first day of the special session called by President Duterte to tackle the 2021…