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Poll exec: Spending cap ‘unrealistic’

July 28, 2015 - 10:00am

While his office has sued more than a thousand for “overspending,” the acting chief of the Commission on Elections’ Campaign Finance Unit said there is a need to amend the law that limits the amount...

Cebu News

Overspend probe targets 100 more

By Sheila Crisostomo | November 30, 2014 - 12:00am

Charges of campaign overspending are set to be filed next week against another batch of some 100 candidates in the 2010 and...

Headlines

ER, busy with movie, bowing to SC ruling

November 27, 2014 - 12:00am

It would be “difficult” for Emilio Ramon “ER” Ejercito to win an appeal of his ouster as Laguna governor,...

Headlines

69 poll bets face raps for overspending in 2010, 2013

By Sheila Crisostomo | October 14, 2014 - 12:00am

Sixty-nine candidates in the 2010 and 2013 elections, including Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, are facing charges for campaign overspending, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday. ...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - All bark, no bite

July 16, 2014 - 12:00am

Look what happens when you gain notoriety for making empty threats.

Opinion

2013 bets can file SOCEs until June 30 – Comelec

By Sheila Crisostomo | June 27, 2014 - 12:00am

Candidates in the 2013 polls have until June 30 to file their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE).

Headlines

Submission doesn’t mean full compliance: Comelec Manila evaluates SOCEs

By Michael H. Braga | December 14, 2013 - 12:00am

The central office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has the final say on whether a submitted Statement of Contributions...

Cebu News

All winning senators filed SOCE

By Sheila Crisostomo | July 2, 2013 - 12:00am

All winning senators were able to file their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.

Headlines

11 nalong senador pagmumultahin ng Comelec

By Doris Franche-Borja | June 22, 2013 - 12:00am

Pagmumultahin ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang 11 nanalong senador dahil sa mali umano ang isinumiteng  Statements of Election Contributions and Expenditures (SECE).

Police Metro

Comelec finds defects in senators’ SOCEs

By Sheila Crisostomo | June 20, 2013 - 12:00am

Many of the Statements of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) filed by senatorial candidates were found to be deficient, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said yesterday.

Headlines