2025 polls: Comelec assures online overseas voting is ‘protected’

PRO-6 assures substantial deployment of cops for elections

ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky of the Police Regional Office-6 assured substantial deployment of policemen across Western Visayas region for the elections.POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky of the Police Regional Office-6 and Comelec-6 Regional Director Dennis Ausan during a security briefing for the May 12 elections in Iloilo City.  (Tara Yap)“We have a considerable number of personnel,” said Wanky during a briefing of the inter-agency gr…

2025 polls: Comelec assures online overseas voting is ‘protected’

FILE PHOTO: Commission on Elections Chairperson George Garcia. INQUIRER / NINO JESUS ORBETA MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured overseas voters that online polling systems for the 2025 midterm elections were “protected.” Comelec Chairperson George Garcia gave the guarantee amid a Supreme Court petition filed by the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP) seeking to nullify the poll body resolution that introduced the o…

Comelec says ‘nerve center’ ready for midterm polls

Amid recent hacking attempts on the Comelec website and its Overseas Voting and Counting System (OVCS), Garcia said nobody penetrated their firewall.

Comelec En Banc denies Rodriguez motion for reconsideration

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by businessman and congressional aspirant Paul Rodriguez of Camiguin. This follows the earlier decision of the Comelec Second Division disqualifying Rodriguez from the congressional race due to questions surrounding his residency, raised by incumbent Camiguin Rep. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo. Romualdo submitted what the Comelec considered substantial evidence…

Online voting system in UAE now sealed and ready

The Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate-General in Dubai have officially sealed the online voting system for the 2025 Philippine midterm elections. The Final Lockdown and Sealing (FLS) confirms that the system is now secure, tamper-free, and ready for use. The Consulate-General in Dubai completed the sealing on Friday, April 11, while the …

Philippine election authorities records 63 cases of purported vote-buying, abuse of state resources

MANILA (ANN/PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received 63 reports of alleged vote-buying and abuse of state resources (ASR) ahead of the May 2025 elections. Comelec’s Committee on Kontra Bigay (CKB) Commissioner-in-Charge Ferdinand Maceda Jr. said on Thursday that 36 and 32 cases of alleged vote-buying and ASR were reported, respectively. […]