Senator Imee Marcos has filed a measure seeking to move the November 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to October 2027, noting that the election this year will fall exactly on All Souls’ Day. Marcos said passage of the bill into law would help Filipinos bear with the cost...
A Sangguniang Kabataan chairman and a kagawad in Taguig City have apologized after being seen riding a motorcycle without helmets on Friday, April 24, in violation of traffic rules. Ivan Guzman, SK chairman of Barangay Upper Bicutan, and Glenn Gacusan, SK kagawad, posted apologies on social...
Senators are divided over the proposal to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) elections for this year, saying such a move requires serious study. “Although Congress has the power to suspend the election, it is necessary to study whether it is legal to do so,” Sen. Joseph...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday, April 19, welcomed the government’s plan to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) for this year 2026. Marcos said the postponement of the 2026 barangay and youth elections would be beneficial to a country still reeling with the impact of...
Malacañang said it is open to proposals to postpone the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), as some lawmakers push the move to save government funds amid the ongoing energy crisis due to the war in the Middle East. In a press briefing in Iloilo City on Friday, April 17,...
ILOILO CITY – Barangay Captain Gemma Calzado of Kasing-Kasing in Molo District here was arrested for physically assaulting a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) kagawad or a youth village councilor. Calzado injured SK Kagawad Lorence Galvez with a stainless steel broom handle on Monday night, April 6....
Former National Youth Commission (NYC) chairman Cesar Chavez is proposing a sweeping institutional reform that would transform the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) into a nationwide Youth Environmental Corps (YEC), offering it as an alternative to calls to abolish the youth body. Chavez said that...
BACOLOD CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor and two others were arrested and 105 grams of suspected shabu valued at P714,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Monday, Jan. 19. Police identified the suspects as Jess, 19, SK Councilor; SK Kagawad Jov,...
CEBU CITY – The Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan (PPSK) of Danao City in northern Cebu province was awarded with a prestigious accolade in the recent Philippine Sangguniang Kabataan Awards (PSKA) 2025. The PPSK Danao was named as one of the Most Outstanding SK Federations in the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 24-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan councilor was apprehended on Saturday, Oct. 25, in a buy-bust operation in Silay City, Negros Occidental. The suspect Matthew was arrested after he sold suspected shabu valued at P2,800 to a police poseur-buyer. Seized from the suspect were seven...
JOMALIG, Quezon -- A 24-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman was electrocuted to death on Sunday morning, Oct. 5, in Barangay Bukal, here. The victim Ramnel, single, was attempting to remove a light bulb at the basketball covered court when he was electrocuted. He fell to the ground and...
DAGUPAN CITY – Police arrested a 24-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan chairman wanted for rape in Batac City, Ilocos Norte. The suspect tagged as the Ilocos region 's eighth most wanted person was arrested on Monday by the Batac City Police Station. The suspect was arrested on a warrant issued...
