MANILA, Philippine: HE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has declared a failure of bidding in the procurement process of its P465.8 million Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS) which will be used for the first ever online voting of overseas Filipinos in the upcoming 2025 midterm polls.
TALLY GROUP. The National Board of Canvassers, led by Commission on Elections Chairperson Saidamen Pangarungan (left), continues with the canvassing of votes for senators and party-list groups at PICC Forum Tent in Pasay City on Monday (May 16, 2022). Except for 14 villages in Lanao del Sur that will hold special elections next week, 172 of 173 Certificates of Canvass have been tallied. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - A week after the May 9 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), has canvassed 172 out of 173 Certificates of Canvass (COCs) from local and overseas voting. Commissioner George Garcia said in a press briefing on Monday that the only one left is the COC of Lanao del Sur, where 47 clustered precincts in 14 villages in Butig, Bindayan, and Tubaran will be conducting special polls. Twelve villages in Tubaran will hold special elections on May 24 while the Comelec has yet to set the date for But
TAKEN DOWN. Environment office personnel, backed by police, remove political posters, and campaign materials illegally nailed and tacked on trees in Soccsksargen as part of the "Oplan Baklas" campaign to spare the trees from destruction on Wednesday (April 20, 2022). More than 7,000 campaign materials posted on trees were taken down as a result of the drive. (Photo courtesy of DENR-12) COTABATO CITY - A total of 7,229 various campaign materials nailed, tacked, and displayed on trees have been removed by personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Soccsksargen (DENR-12) across the region, an official said Thursday. In an interview, DENR-12 Director Felix S. Alicer said the regionwide removal of campaign posters and paraphernalia nailed on trees, dubbed "Oplan Baklas," was carried out on Wednesday. "This was in close coordination with our partners, the Commission on Elections (Comelec), local government units, police and the Environmental M