(PNA file photo) MANILA-Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia on Wednesday said there is no offer from the incoming administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. "No offer whatsoever," he said in a Viber message when asked if the newly-elected Chief Executive has offered him a position in the government. When asked what are his plans, Garcia said, "I will pursue the electoral reforms that we started in a private capacity. The academe and private practice is (sic) so enticing." Garcia, together with two other appointees of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to the Commission Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan and Commissioner Aimee Neri were all by-passed by the Commission on Appointments Wednesday. He said he does not have ill feelings for not getting the appointment. Garcia also thanked Comelec and the public. "No bad feelings. No regrets. So thankful to my Comelec family and the Filipino people for the opportunity,&quo
Renting out 97,000 new vote-counting machines for the 2025 mid-term elections would cost the Commission on Elections (Comelec) an estimated P6.7 billion, according to Sen. Imee Marcos, who chairs her chamber s committee on electoral reforms and people s participation.
The bicameral Commission on Appointments has again deferred deliberations on the appointments of top officials of the Commission on Elections, Commission on Audit and Civil Service Commission, apparently to allow president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to nominate his choices to lead the agencies when he assumes office on June 30.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued an urgent memorandum asking the Provincial Election Supervisors (PES) to explain the cases of missing certificates of canvass (COCs) that occured during the canvassing of votes of the House of Representatives and Senate.
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The additional pay approved by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to compensate for the extended election service of poll workers was welcomed by teachers’ groups.
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are glad that the Comelec approved our just demands for overtime compensation,” the Alliance o