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Nothing illegal with premature campaigning — Supreme Court

By Edu Punay | July 13, 2018 - 12:00am

Personalities eyeing senatorial posts in next year’s midterm elections are not violating any law with their early campaign...

Headlines

CBCP to Comelec: Restore security measures

By Bobit S. Avila | January 3, 2016 - 9:00am

For our first presentation for the Year 2016 in our talk show “Straight from the Sky,” my fellow authors of the coffee table book “The War in Cebu,” namely, Dr. Resil Mojares and Prof. Jobers...

Freeman Opinion

CBCP issues guidelines to Catholic voters for 2016

By Eva Visperas | December 29, 2015 - 9:00am

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a 10-point guideline to help Catholic voters elect leaders based on the moral teachings of the Church.

Headlines

SC junks petition for extension of voters’ registration

By Edu Punay | December 8, 2015 - 9:00am

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday rejected the bid to extend the deadline for registration of voters for next year’s...

Headlines

SC: Nothing wrong with early campaign of 2016 bets

By Edu Punay | October 13, 2015 - 10:00am

There is nothing wrong with the early campaigning of candidates in next year’s elections, according to the Supreme...

Headlines

Dearth of ‘good’ candidates

By Jose C. Sison | October 8, 2015 - 10:00am

As the filing of the certificate of candidacy nears, it looks like we will really have no other candidates for the presidency than Roxas, Poe and Binay.

Opinion

Safeguarding our elections

By Jose C. Sison | August 20, 2015 - 10:00am

Based on its record of past performance as the election watchdog of our country, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is indeed one of the independent Constitutional Commissions with the most unsavory reputati...

Opinion

May 2016 polls to push through, Palace vows

By Delon Porcalla | March 31, 2015 - 10:00am

Malacañang yesterday dismissed speculations that there will be no presidential elections in May 2016, following fears the Supreme Court (SC) might scrap the Commission on Elections (Comelec)’s negotiated...

Headlines

Again and again

January 25, 2015 - 12:00am

On the eve of Pope Francis’ apostolic trip to the Philippines, various groups led by the Citizens for Clean and Credible Elections (C3E) and Automated Election Watch (AES Watch) had asked the Pope for prayers...

Business

Sixto, don’t throw good money after bad PCOS

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | November 24, 2014 - 12:00am

Manual balloting and counting at precincts, with only canvassing and transmission automated, will cost much less.

Opinion