Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:55:21 +0000
Two poll watchdogs have urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to look into reports that senatorial candidate Christopher “Bong” Go distributed cash assistance to fire victims during the campaign period.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:25:44 +0000
What was once meant to be a reform measure, the party-list system has “deteriorated” over the last two decades into a mechanism in which those who belong to political dynasties are able to perpetuate themselves in power.
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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 03:18:22 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – An election campaign giveaway supposedly from a city councilor caught the attention of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Thursday. “We should have a rule on what materials are prohibited. Those that are obscene or show women as sex objects,” Guanzon said in a Twitter reply to a tweet by the […]
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:26:50 +0000
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has strongly opposed the removal of term limits for lawmakers and the ban on political dynasties
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The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) on Wednesday said that rather than elect new leaders who would oversee the shift to federalism, the proposed transition commission should instead be composed of incumbent leaders to ease concerns that the proposal was intended to favor certain politicians.
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