COMELEC Archives

Election Day 2025: TV5 shines with live data reporting

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTED the violence and mechanical disruptions in the coverage of the 2025 midterm elections on May 12, which were held amid significant political developments, including the falling out... Read more

Hardly anything new: Print, online stick to the familiar campaign trail

MIDTERM ELECTIONS do not gain the same kind of fanfare as presidential elections but the exercise is far from insignificant. The election of senators, House representatives and local executives... Read more

Ayuda: Pork barrel in new form

CHEERS TO TV5’s Frontline Pilipinas for its explainer that showed up financial assistance or “ayuda” as a new form of “pork barrel” – a practice that has been ruled... Read more

Mayor Alice Guo POGO controversy exposes need for electoral reform

THE PROBE into the involvement of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in criminal cases exposed a host of other issues. A Senate resolution in July 2023 started the investigation... Read more

From the Newsrooms: May 12 to 18, 2024

WHO IS Alice Guo? The question remains unanswered even as the media grapple with information about the identity and citizenship of the woman who was elected as mayor of... Read more

Cha-cha plebiscite and midterm polls in one event: A test of Comelec’s independence

BOTH LEGISLATIVE chambers are on the forefront of ongoing charter change discussions. Legislators have repeatedly said that amendments will be limited to economic measures in the 1987 Constitution. Read more

Media miss possible conflict of interest in Comelec deal

THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) and the joint venture led by South Korean firm Miru Systems Co. Ltd. signed on March 11 a PHP17.9 billion contract for the lease... Read more

Reports on widespread violence belie ‘generally peaceful’ 2023 elections

WITH THE barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections held last month after five years, 1.41 million Filipinos vied for the village-level posts nationwide, a much higher number of candidates compared... Read more

BSKE coverage reveals urgent need for electoral reform

THE COUNTRY finally held its long overdue Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on October 30, 2023. After two postponements, the vote for over 670,000 elected officials at the... Read more

From the Newsrooms: Death and disorder mar barangay polls

NEWS CAPTURED the political violence that bloodied the first barangay elections in five years. Delayed twice by the pandemic, the vote for grassroots leaders was hotly contested around the... Read more