The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and SM Supermalls formally renewed their partnership for the Voter Registration Program and Mall Voting implementation for the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) through a Memorandum of Agreement signing held on December 2 at the COMELEC...
President Marcos has signed into law a measure extending the term of office for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials to four years as he postponed the December 2025 BSK elections to November next year. Republic Act No. 12232, signed by the President on Wednesday, Aug. 13, amends the...
President Marcos said he would sign the bill postponing the December 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to next year, citing the need to prioritize the country’s first-ever Bangsamoro Parliament elections in October. Marcos said this less than a week before the bill seeking...
CEBU CITY – Despite uncertainties surrounding this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), the 10-day special registration period in Central Visayas pushed through starting Thursday, July 31. Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7) Regional Director Francisco Pobe...
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri appealed to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to sign the bill that seeks to extend the terms of office for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials into a law. “I don’t know if he will sign it or not. It depends on whether he chooses to approve...
Senator Imee Marcos clarified on Monday, June 16 said that the postponement of the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) under the Congress-approved measure establishing fixed terms for barangay and SK officials is merely incidental. The bill is vastly different from R.A. 11935,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on Dec. 1 are pushing through, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said here. “It’s a go,” Garcia said, expressing confidence that Congress will soon finalize the bill affirming the Dec. 1 election...
While President Marcos respects the legislative process in relation to the proposal to extend the term of barangay officials, he hopes that the changes would be aligned to good local governance. "Actually po, ang extension ng terms ay nasa pagdi-discuss pa po sa Kongreso at iginagalang naman po ng...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Sen. Imee Marcos said on Saturday, Feb. 1, that the term of incumbent barangay officials will be extended since there will be no Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections this year. SEN. Imee Marcos (fifth from left) graces the opening of the Cagsawa Festival in Daraga,...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte believes there is a good chance that current village and youth officials would remain in office longer, as...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte praised the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms' swift action on the proposal to hold the next Barangay and...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Holding the next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in 2026 instead of 2025 is the key to bringing back regularity and stability in the democratic exercise. Thus, said...
