CEBU CITY—All polling centers in Central Visayas opened without any glitch, authorities said. The Philippine National Police, Armed Forces, and the Commission on Election-Central Visayas (Comelec-7) said there were no reported untoward incidents during the first few hours of the barangay and...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) is all set for the barangay elections on Monday, October 30. PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua said that the necessary security preparations and deployment of security forces in coordination with the Comelec-Region 1 have...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Around 13,000 security personnel from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Army (PA), and other law enforcement units have been deployed to secure 2,871 precincts for the barangay elections on October 30 in Central Luzon. THE Police...
PEACE-MAKER (In our column last Sunday, we spoke of the need to create more avenues for dialogue, cooperation, and solidarity amid the protracted wars, lingering tensions, as well as the issues and challenges besetting the international community. One such avenue is through political parties. We...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – More than 2,000 security personnel have been deployed to secure the barangay election in Quezon and Laguna on Monday, October 30. Laguna police chief Police Col. Harold Depositar said 2,056 men from the Army 202nd Brigade, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Laguna,...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Gov. Ramon V. Guico III urged the people to make the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in this province on October 30 safe, peaceful, and orderly. GUICO (FB) Guico aired the call in a press conference on Thursday, October 26, announcing the arrest of the suspects...
CEBU CITY – Apart from the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30, police here are also busy preparing for the All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days on November 1 and 2. Police Lt. Col. Janette Rafter, deputy director for operations of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO),...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A total of 17,784 personnel from law enforcement agencies have been deployed to secure the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the Bicol region on Monday, October 30. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5, said that the...
DAVAO CITY – Almost 3,000 security personnel have been tapped to safeguard the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) here on October 30. Police Capt. Hazel Tuazon, Davao City Police Office (DCPO) spokesperson, said 1,876 are DCPO personnel and 1,072 are augmentation from the...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 21,694 security forces from different law enforcement agencies have been deployed to secure the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas on October 30. THE Police Regional Office-6 leads the send-off ceremony for the inter-agency security force for...
PEACE-MAKER We sadly note the ongoing bloodshed in Israel and Palestine; long-drawn-out war in Ukraine; lingering tensions in the Korean Peninsula, West Philippine Sea, East China Sea, and Taiwan Straits; periodic killings in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan, among many other bloody hostilities...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – The Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office established checkpoint as the 10-day campaign period in the barangay elections started on Thursday, October 19. A POLICE checkpoint supervised by the Commission on Elections in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija. (PIO Nueva Ecija...
