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FULL LIST: Local candidates of Quezon City for 2025 elections

FULL LIST: Local candidates of Quezon City for 2025 elections

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Overseas voting for Filipinos begins ahead of the 2025 elections— COMELEC

By Bea Rollo (April 13, 2025) – The official overseas voting period for registered Filipino voters abroad has officially opened on Sunday, 8 a.m. (local time), according to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). The overseas voting  in countries with enrolled Registered Overseas Voters (ROVs) will remain open until May 12, 7 p.m. Manila time, coinciding […] The post Overseas voting for Filipinos begins ahead of the 2025 elections— COMELEC appeared first on N5E.

LIVE updates: 2025 local candidates on campaign trail

MANILA, Philippines — The 45-day campaign period for local candidates began on Friday, March 28. Based on the latest Commission on Elections data, a total of 18,320 positions are up for election at both the national and local levels. For local posts, 82 seats are available for governors and vice governors, 840 for Sangguniang Panlalawigan members, 149 for city mayors and vice mayors, and 1,493 for municipal mayors and vice mayors. Meanwhile, 1,690 seats are open for Sangguniang Panglungsod members and 11,948 for Sangguniang Bayan members. Follow real-time updates on the local campaign trail here. (function(n){function c(t,i){n[e](h,function(n){var r,u;if(n&&(r=n[n.message?"message":"data"]+"",r&&r.substr&&r.substr(0,3)==="nc:")&&(u=r.split(":"),u[1]===i))switch(u[2]){case"h":t.style.height=u[3]+"px";return;case"scrolltotop":t.scrollIntoView();return}},!1)}for(var t,u,f,i,s,e=n.addEventListener?"addEventListener":"attachEvent",h=e==="attachEvent"?"onmessage":"message",o=n.document.querySelectorAll(".live-center-embed"),r=0;r

Comelec issues show cause orders against candidates over discriminatory remarks about single parents, rival with cancer

The Comission on Elections issued show cause orders against two candidates running for the 2025 midterm elections for making discriminatory remarks.

Disclose election deal, Comelec told

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) should release documents connected to the election contract it awarded to a South Korean company for this year’s midterm poll to spur public confidence in the electoral system, a watchdog group said on Monday. In a statement, Democracy Watch Philippines pushed the poll body to disclose all documents regarding the […]