(MANILA BULLETIN) Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Gamaliel Cordoba said it's a good idea to update the joint circular used to scrutinize the utilization of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) by government agencies. Cordoba made this remark...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) The individual barangays' Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of almost P175 billion each should be a big reason for Filipinos to vote wisely during the Oct. 30 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (left) and DOF Secretary Benjamin Diokno (Screenshots from YouTube) Simply put, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno thinks that imposing a billionaires' tax is a bad idea. Diokno was asked of his...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday, July 2 said future deferment of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) is still possible despite the recent Supreme Court decision invalidating the law postponing the 2022 BSKE. Tolentino is referring to the SC ruling which declared Republic...
Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Wednesday, June 28 said she respects the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) which declared unconstitutional the law that postponed the holding of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) from their initial schedule of December 5, 2022, to the last...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) Here's a friendly reminder to Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) candidates from Rowena Guanzon. The P3PWD Party-list nominee said over Twitter that children of Barangay (village) chairpersons or captains shouldn't bother to run in the upcoming SK polls. "SK...
Senator Imee R. Marcos has sought a Senate inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the alleged fraudulent voters registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. "Despite earnest efforts of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to enforce the law, problems pertaining to the...
Senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino wants the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in Negros Oriental to be deferred amid the current peace and order situation in that province. Tolentino made the proposal during the continuation of the inquiry of the Senate Committee on Public...
After the various interventions employed to make the voter registration run smoother, the Commission on Elections said on Wednesday, April 12 that it eyes to conduct the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in malls. In a media forum in...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Kabataan Party-list) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is challenging the veracity of the Pulse Asia survey results which indicated that a whopping 80 percent of Filipinos favored the return of mandatory Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) for college...
As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced the rescheduling filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to August, it also released the calendar of activities leading to the said polls. Under Resolution 10902 promulgated on March 22,...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Wednesday, March 22, that the Commission En Banc has decided to move the date of filing of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a message sent to reporters,...
