BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested 45 individuals for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in the Caraga region from Jan. 12 to the present. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher N. Abrahano said six violators were caught in Butuan City, 23 in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections in Negros Occidental has prepared alternative polling centers for 12,479 voters in nine barangays who might be displaced by an eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. POLICE Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson for Negros Occidental police, and provincial election...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Police Regional Office-2 has deployed augmentation forces from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-2 and Philippine National Police-Special Action Force in the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela to ensure the conduct of credible elections. PRO-2 chief Police Brig....
BAGUIO CITY – The Abra Police Provincial Office (PPO) has deployed more personnel to areas classified as “problematic” weeks ahead of the May 12 election. “Ito binabantayan natin, ang mga augmentation personnel at mga sasakyan natin dito sa Abra from other PPOs na nasa mga munisipyo ng...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A supporter of mayoral candidate Karen Marpuri Ballesteros of Claveria town, Masbate province was allegedly shot and wounded by a policeman escorting Mayor Frolian Andeza while she was campaigning in Barangay Peñafrancia on Easter Sunday. BALLESTEROS (FB) Police identified...
CEBU CITY – A lawyer who is a congressional candidate in the first district of Bohol under the Aksyon Demokratiko party has elevated his call for electoral impartiality by filing a petition for mandamus before the Supreme Court. ATTY. Jordan M. Pizarras files a petition before the...
A candidate for provincial board member and his driver were wounded in an ambush in Datu Anggal Midtimbang town, Maguindanao del Sur province on Sunday afternoon. DATU Anggal Midtimbang municipal compound. (Wikipedia) Police are conducting a manhunt against the four gunmen of Muhammad Utti Omar,...
CEBU CITY – With the mid-term polls only less than a month away, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Palompon town, Leyte is still swamped with complaints. PALOMPON, Leyte mayoral candidate Dr. Georgina Arevalo shows a list of deceased residents who are still in the town's list of active...
DAVAO CITY – Dozens of what appeared to be Commission on Elections paraphernalia were discovered in a private residence on Santol St., Purok Santo Niño, Dumanlas, Buhangin, this city, on Saturday, April 5. COMELEC paraphernalia were stored in a private residence in Davao City on April 5....
CEBU CITY – A lawyer and candidate for congressman of the first district of Bohol has sought the reassignment of the provincial election supervisor in the province. PIZARRAS Jordan Pizarras, who is running under Aksyon Demokratiko, raised concerns of impartiality when he formally sought the...
BANGUED, Abra – The Department of Interior and Local Government, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong as head of the Cordillera Regional Peace and Order Council, and the Police Regional Office-Cordillera signed a covenant for a peaceful elections at the Abra Provincial Police Office here on...
CEBU CITY – The comeback bid of Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao in the Senate has received a major boost. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and the influential One Cebu party backed the senatorial bid of Pacquiao in the May elections. FORMER Sen. Manny Pacquiao shares the stage with Cebu Gov. Gwen...
