The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) on Friday reminded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to conduct a massive information drive on the 12 party-list groups that were barred from taking part in elections Monday.
Commission on Elections chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Friday said that a total of 111 party-list groups can legitimately participate in Monday’s elections.
PUWERSA ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Rep. Mark Aeron Sambar has announced the selection of a retired Cebuano professional boxer Z. Gorres as their third nominee.
The party-list group of El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde is downplaying rumors of a brewing rivalry among the Buhay nominees.
Sectoral parties or organizations need not be “marginalized or underrepresented” to be able to participate in the party-list elections, the Supreme Court said Friday.
Former Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban has endorsed the Ang Agrikultura Natin ay Isulong (AANI) party-list group, stressing the need for farmers to be represented in Congress.
A party-list group representing small savings and loan groups nationwide is asking the Supreme Court to compel the Commission on Elections to restore its 2009 accreditation as a group qualified to join the party-list elections this May.
A big business group on Monday asked the Supreme Court to stop the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from allowing the LPG Marketers Association Inc. (LPGMA) to take part in the party-list election, saying the group did not represent a sector authorized by the party-list law.
It looked like a lottery draw complete with numbered ping-pong balls jumping inside a tambiolo or raffle drum—except that the prize was not millions of pesos but slots on the ballot for the party-list elections on May 13.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has given the green light to a group of small-scale miners to run in the 2013 party-list elections, a ranking Comelec official said Thursday.
A party-list group representing farmers assailed the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) decision to strike it off the list of party-list groups that are qualified to run in next year’s elections, saying in a statement that the move meant thousands of farmers losing representation in Congress.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday allowed 13 new party-list groups to participate in the 2013 midterm elections.
Bayan Muna has received reinforcement from its left-leaning allies in the face of attacks launched by at least 15 other party-list organizations, some of which were accused of not representing any marginalized sector.
