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COTABATO CITY – The gun ban and election period begin today, August 14, for the historic first-ever Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections, marking the start of a 76-day period that runs until…
Butig, Lanao del Sur – July 26, 2025 — Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman George Erwin Garcia was officially enthroned as Datu Romapunut, or “Leader of Peace,” in a traditional…
COTABATO CITY — With just 83 days remaining before the first-ever Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is rallying civil society organizations (CSOs), media, and governance partners to…
COTABATO CITY (July 18, 2025) — In a significant move toward democratic consolidation in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the leadership of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party…
Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC), in close coordination with the military, police, and other stakeholders, is ramping up preparations for the first-ever Bangsamoro…
In a democracy, trust is everything. And nowhere is that trust more critical than in the conduct of elections — the sacred process where citizens choose who will lead them.…
Ensuring security in areas accessible only by crossing rivers in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and Maguindanao del Norte poses a…
CAMP SANG-AN, Zamboanga del Sur — With the 2025 National and Local Elections drawing near, the Joint Task Force ZAMPELAN (JTF ZAMPELAN) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),…
Camiguin, Philippines — April 23, 2025 — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc has issued a Certificate of Finality, affirming the cancellation of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of…
Davao City – April 23, 2025 The Archdiocesan Citizens Engagement (A.C.E.) Committee of the Archdiocese of Davao has issued a blunt and urgent call to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC):…