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MANILA, Philippines — There will be faster transmission of votes and lower failure rates with the new machines and transmission service to be used in the May 2025 midterm elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipinos who expect the economy to improve within the year has dropped to its lowest since the height of the pandemic, the 2023 fourth quarter survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed to the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) former government corporate counsel Rogelio Quevedo — an information technology expert who previously questioned the results of the 2016 vice presidential elections.
WASHINGTON, United States — The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear Donald Trump's claim that as a former president he enjoys immunity from criminal prosecution, as the 2024 White House candidate faces dozens of state and federal charges.
MANILA, Philippines — Holding the Charter change plebiscite before the 2025 elections will be “very costly” and hard, President Marcos said yesterday, as he confirmed that he prefers the referendum to be conducted alongside the May 2025 midterm polls.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.—the son and namesake of the Philippines’ late dictator—has floated the idea of holding a national vote to amend the Southeast Asian country’s constitution at the same time as its upcoming midterm elections in 2025.
We welcome the statement made by COMELEC Chair George Garcia that the poll body is amenable to holding a plebiscite on Charter Change amendments together with the 2025 midterm elections.
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections has changed its stance about holding a Charter change plebiscite during the midterm elections after President Marcos Jr. said he wants people to vote on amendments to the 1987 Constitution in 2025.