Supreme Court (Facebook photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday issued yet another temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) regarding the dismissal of the registration of a party-list organization. The TRO signed by Deputy Clerk of Court Anna-Li Gombio, by authority of Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, gave the Comelec a non-extendible period of 10 days to file a comment on the suit filed by Juan-Pinagkaisang Ordinaryong Mamamayan Para Yumabong (Juan Pinoy). The group sought a TRO on January 3, questioning Comelec for dismissing its petition for registration on Oct. 12, 2021. Juan Pinoy's motion for reconsideration on December 13 was likewise turned down. Party-list groups that obtained TROs prior to the printing on January 20 are among the 178 that will appear on the ballots. The Comelec said it will print 65,745,512 ballots for local voting and 1,697,202 ballots for overseas voting. It is unclear yet how party-lists that will win th
(Screengrab from Comelec ballot printing virtual walk-through at National Printing Office) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to start this week the printing of the more than 67 million official ballots to be used in the May 9 national and local elections. In a presentation shown during the virtual walk-through of the National Printing Office (NPO) in Quezon City on Tuesday, Comelec printing committee vice chairperson Helen Aguila said a total of 67,442,714 ballots will be printed 65,745,512 ballots for local voting and 1,697,202 ballots for overseas voting. Aguila said the printing of the ballots is expected to be finished in April, including the buffer period. "The buffer period is incorporated there because if we are to compute based on the peak performance of the printers of NPO accumulative capacity is 1,100,000 per day if it is working in peak performance. We are realistic in anticipating contingencies including the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) su