The Commission on Elections has released a complete list of nominees as submitted by the 175 partylist organizations participating in the May 10 elections. Among the nominees are: presidential son and Lakas-Kampi Rep. Mikey Arroyo

Yes, folks, a measly 10 seafarers have so far cast their votes as of April 11, according to the Commission on Elections.

4,141 overseas Filipinos have so far cast their votes in the overseas absentee voting in 93 embassies and consulates of the Philippines, according to a report by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The number is still very low. It is just 0.7 percent of a total of 589,830 registered overseas absentee voters for the May [...]

A volunteer citizen journalist posted on Saturday at ABS-CBN’s Boto Mo Ipatrol Mo/Ako Ang Simula website photos of a soldier purportedly from the 69th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army as he was speaking out against certain partylist groups.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confidently said in a statement issued at around 4:30 pm Saturday that overseas absentee voting “commenced smoothly in the 93 Philippine embassies and consulates-general around the world”. 589,830 overseas Filipinos are registered for the overseas absentee voting, said the DFA.

Hours after the Philippines first overseas automated elections opened in Hong Kong, partylist group Gabriela Women’s Party reported “harassment and intimidation as well as major glitches” which it said could “seriously hamper” the conduct of the overseas absentee voting there until May 10. Cynthia Abdon-Tellez said in a statement that “more names were discovered to [...]

By BenCyrus G. Ellorin CAGAYAN DE ORO — Today, April 9, 2010 marks the national celebration of the Araw ng Kagitingan or the Day of Valor. It is the commemoration of the Fall of Bataan at dawn of April 9, 1942 which started the infamous Death March that claimed the lives of almost 20,000 prisoners [...]

Gabriela and Bayan Muna topped the latest partylist survey by Pulse Asia, but the polling firm notes that the number of Filipinos who remain unaware of the partylist system is still at a high of 60 percent.

The biggest Filipino organization in Hong Kong today assailed the Commission on Elections for belatedly “reconfiguring” election precincts just days before April 10, the start of overseas absentee voting for Filipinos working and living abroad.