Anticipating massive fraud and violence, progressive groups urged voters to be vigilant and to join their assembly at the Rizal Park on Monday, May 9 after voting in the national and local elections.
An election watchdog here said they are expecting massive voter disenfranchisement after they monitored the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines here Thursday, May 5.
A militant youth group on Friday urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify Liberal Party senatorial bet Risa Hontiveros for allegedly “plundering” PhilHealth funds and using the government’s funds for her campaign.
Vice presidential candidate Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday blasted as cheap stunts the broadsides against his running mate, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
Barely a week before the May 9 elections, presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte has branded his rivals as a symbol of what he called a “failed and inutile system.”
The Commission on Elections claims it is fully ready for election day.
The Davao City Police Office said that a liquor ban will be observed during election day on Monday, May 9, citing as basis a local ordinance and a Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolution.
The final testing and sealing of the vote counting machines (VCMs) in the city will be done four days before local and national elections on May 9.
The tandem of Presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano topped the mock election held last April 27 to 29 in the University of the Philippines in Mindanao.
A group of IT experts said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should be held accountable for the recent breach of its data systems that leaked the registration information of 55 million Filipino voters.
