The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here is reviewing the filed certificates of candidacy (COCs), particularly the contenders’ names that will appear on the ballot if they follow the guideline of not exceeding 30 characters. In an interview on Saturday, City Comelec Elections Assistant Jonathan Sayno said candidates have until November 8 to correct misspelled names or change how their names would appear on the ballot. “They just need to write a letter to the Comelec for that purpose,” Sayno said. “By October 29, the list of candidates will be posted at the Comelec website but this is not yet official
From what Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque gathered, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte will not be a substitute for Senator Ronald dela Rosa in the 2022 presidential derby. Despite mounting calls to succeed her father, Duterte is firm in her reelection bid for the third and final time, Roque said in a text message on Friday. “She said there will be no substitution,” Roque replied when pressed about his plan in case Duterte replaces dela Rosa as the standard bearer of the ruling party, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). Roque himself abandoned his senatorial ambition as he said he will
The Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) has lauded military units for the recovery of high-powered guns near the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in this town on Friday. This was after Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, the 6ID commander, directed the 90th Infantry Battalion (90IB) and all other military units in the province to remain on alert for possible retaliatory attacks. At about 2 p.m. Friday, elements of 90IB, while manning a checkpoint at the entrance of the municipal hall grounds here, noticed two firearms displayed in plain view at the back of a pick-up vehicle while approaching the government compound.
Male politicians in North Cotabato were sidelined by two women leaders who will contest the province’s top post in next year’s polls. Reelectionist Governor Nancy Catamco of PDP-Laban filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) on Friday creating a “one-on-one” battle of women leaders in the province. The governor’s running mate, incumbent Provincial Administrator Efren Piñol, and other party candidates for Provincial Board accompanied her in filing her candidacy. On October 6, North Cotabato Vice Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza of the Nacionalista Party (NP) filed her COC before the Commission on Elections in Kidapawan City, challenging Catamco’s post. Her running mate is
Not all the 97 aspirants for president, 29 for vice president, and 176 for senators who filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) will make it to the official ballot for the May 9, 2022 polls. The same applies to local candidates and 270 party-list groups that submitted Certificates of Nomination and Acceptance during the October 1 to 8 filing period. Thus, said Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez, in a radio interview on Saturday, adding that COCs will undergo strict scrutiny to determine the final list of candidates. “We have different categories of nuisance candidates. First, they filed just
A three-cornered rivalry for the Laoag City mayoralty post will be witnessed by residents in the May 2022 polls if no one withdraws from the race. First-term Mayor Michael Marcos Keon is seeking reelection but this time, his former ally and running mate, vice mayor Vicentito Lazo wants him dethroned while former mayor Chevylle Fariñas is poised to make a comeback. Keon, son of former governor Elizabeth Marcos, sister of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr., is running as an independent candidate this time as he filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) before they could “talk” like family. “Considering that
