CITY of San Fernando, La Union – Eight candidates, including an incumbent barangay chairman, here have withdrawn from the barangay elections in October. Lawyer Reddy Ceralde Balarbar, Commission on Elections-Region 1 (Ilocos) assistant regional election supervisor and acting city election...
In a bid to further empower citizens, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said that reporting incidents of vote buying and selling is not required to be a formal complaint. MB file photo "Hindi kinakailangang formal complaint, hindi kinakailangang under oath. Ibato lang...
BAYUGAN CITY, Agusan del Sur – Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft was named vice chairman of the Caraga Regional Peace and Order Council. Kraft was sworn in during the RPOC third quarter meeting here on Thursday, September 7. Surigao del Sur Gov....
BATANGAS CITY – Two suspects in the killing of a reelectionist barangay chairman in Taal, Batangas were arrested in a follow-up operation hours after the incident on Tuesday, September 5. The Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) headed by Batangas police director Police Col. Samson Belmonte...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay councilor running for barangay chairman in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next month was shot and wounded in Sitio Naga, Barangay Consuegra, Leyte, Leyte on Thursday, September 7. Police Capt. Rush Alvarado, Leyte, Leyte municipal police station...
TACLOBAN CITY – Nineteen out of the 20 barangay chairmen in Matuguinao, Samar, are running unopposed in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections 2023 in October. Mayor Aran Boller disclosed they have not met the 100 percent target of their Unity Assembly for the BSKE 2023 since...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Laguna reported that 27,983 individuals are running in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the province on October 30. The Office of the Provincial Election Supervisor said 1,949 are candidates for barangay chairman, of which 1,608 are males and...
TAAL, Batangas – A barangay chairman here running for reelection in the barangay elections next month was gunned down in Barangay Poblacion, Zone 10, this town, on Tuesday, September 5. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the victim as Erasmo Divino Hernandez, chairman of Barangay...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said that there will be more cooperation opportunities in digital education, language teaching, and quality assurance with China. (Photo courtesy of CHED) “We have achieved much but we can achieve more,” CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera said when he...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Wednesday, Aug. 30 that a special election will be conducted on Dec. 9 for the Negros Oriental Province's third legislative district. In a statement, Comelec said that the special poll fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives (HOR) created...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – The police and military arrested here Tuesday night four armed men, one of them a candidate for barangay chairman, for possession of unlicensed high-powered firearms. The arrest of the group came hours after a candidate for barangay chairman was murdered near the...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a candidate for barangay chairman while having lunch with companions shortly after he filed his Certificate of Candidacy at the Commission on Elections office here on Tuesday, August 29. Haron Dimalanis, 40, of Barangay Malingao, was...
