The Commission on Elections on Monday said there was nothing illegal with candidates and their supporters criticizing other ...

Under Section 79 of the Omnibus Election Code, both styles of campaigning are allowed. Public statements — such as speeches, announcements, commentaries and interviews — supporting or opposing ...

Three suspects claiming to be IT specialists connected to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) were nabbed in Marikina City ...

THE Supreme Court (SC) invalidated a regulation requiring officers and directors of electric cooperatives to resign automatically upon filing their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) for public office.

“The Omnibus Election Code allows negative campaigning… We cannot impose an outright ban on negative campaigning per se,” he said, partly in Filipino. Under the Omnibus Election Code of ...

He cited Article 261 Paragraph V of the Omnibus Election Code, which provides that 45 days before election day until the election itself, the LGUs cannot release or spend public money for any ...

By Movement for Media Safety Philippines As the campaign period for the May 2025 midterm elections draws near, the Movement ...

The Omnibus Election Code penalizes vote buying and vote selling with imprisonment of one to six years, disqualification to hold public office, and withdrawal of the right to vote. —By Keith Irish ...

Lago, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's approval rating in his ...

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will penalize those bullying or discriminating against candidates and ...