Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) People's Initiative (PI) backer Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says proponents of the movement are eyeing June 2024 as possible date of the plebiscite for the proposed revision to the 1987...
A total of 820,385 Bulakenyos rejected during a plebiscite held on Monday, Oct. 30, the proposal for the City of San Jose del Monte (CSJDM) to attain a Highly Urbanized City (HUC) status and make it autonomous from the province of Bulacan. Provincial Capitol of Bulacan The plebiscite was held...
CAVITE – Majority of plebiscite participants in Bacoor City on Saturday, July 29, voted yes to merging the city’s 73 barangays into 47 and renaming them. Photo from the City Government of Bacoor (MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced the plebiscite results at 12:01...
CAVITE – Carmona is now a component city of Cavite after the majority of plebiscite participants ratified its conversion from a municipality on Saturday, July 8. The municipal plebiscite board of canvassers said 30,363 voted “yes” while “1,016” voted “no” to cityhood. According to data...
CARMONA, Cavite – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is holding a plebiscite to ratify the conversion of Carmona into a component city on Saturday, July 8. Comelec Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia personally inspected polling precincts at Carmona National High School and Carmona Elementary...
CAVITE – Amid a Commission on Elections (Comelec) [gun ban in Bacoor City](https://mb.com.ph/2023/6/27/comelec-gun-ban-in-bacoor-starts-ahead-of-plebiscite-to-merge-44-barangays) ahead of a plebiscite, authorities nabbed a security guard over an indiscriminate firing incident in Barangay San...
CAVITE – The Commission on Elections' (Comelec) gun ban in Bacoor City officially takes effect Wednesday, June 28, ahead of a plebiscite to merge 44 barangays into 18 villages in July. A send-off ceremony for personnel deployed in Comelec checkpoints was held on June 27 at the Bacoor...
CAVITE – The gun ban in Carmona officially started on Thursday, June 8, one month ahead of the scheduled cityhood plebiscite on July 8. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) said the plebiscite period and gun ban will last until July 15. Cavite PPO has already deployed personnel in established...
San Jose del Monte City lone district Rep. Florida "Rida" Robes sees the establishment of four new barangays in the city as "a fresh opportunity to help her constituents", particularly its women residents. “As a woman legislator, I also give special attention and care to the women of San Jose Del...
Marawi City, the capital of Lanao del Sur in Mindanao, has two new barangays (villages) following twin plebiscites on Saturday, March 18. Based on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) data, a total of 1,421 registered voters from mother barangays Datu Dalidigan and Sagonsongan approved the...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) –The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has welcomed a Supreme Court (SC) decision that dismissed a petition questioning the result of the 2019 plebiscite that included Cotabato City into the region. "We are elated to receive the decision of the SC...
Comelec/MB Residents of Baliwag, Bulacan who participated in the plebiscite held Saturday, Dec. 17, were in favor of converting the town into a component city of Bulacan province, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. A total of 17,814 residents voted for "yes" while 5,702 voted "no" during...
