The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has suspended the implementation of the number coding scheme during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) and All Saints' and Souls' days. In an advisory released on Monday, Oct. 23, MMDA announced that number coding is lifted on...
AGUILAR, Pangasinan – A candidate in the barangay elections on October 30 was shot dead in Barangay Bayaoas here on Sunday night, October 22. Police identified the victim as Arneil Flormata, 41, a candidate for barangay captain of Barangay Bayaoas and an administrative supervisor for a solar...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A candidate for barangay councilor or kagawad was killed and a barangay captain was wounded in a shooting incident in Barangay Maingaran, Masbate City, Masbate on Sunday afternoon, October 22. MAP of Masbate with Masbate City highlighted. A candidate for barangay...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here, is on alert for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. MORE Power President Roel Castro (right) vows to Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Iloilo City chief Reinier Layson that...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – The Laguna Provincial Police Office (LPPO) has created the Kontra-Bigay committee and complaint center against vote-buying in the barangay elections on October 30. Laguna police chief Police Col. Harold Depositar cited Commission on Election...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Sunday, October 22 renewed his call to allow qualified senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to vote early in local and national elections. Lapid, has filed Senate Bill No. 2361, which seeks to grant those who are part of the...
COTABATO CITY – The Philippine Army has deployed additional troops to beef up security forces in the barangay elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). THE Army has deployed additional troops to maintain peace in the barangays elections in the Bangsamoro Autonumous...
CEBU CITY – The first four days of the campaign period in the barangay elections on October 30 here have been smooth and peaceful, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) said on Saturday, October 21. No untoward incidents have been reported since the 10-day campaign period started on Thursday,...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma asked Church workers and members of the laity running in the barangay elections on October 30 to resign or take a leave of absence. PALMA (FB) Palma said resigning or taking a leave of absence will prevent people from suspecting that the Church is being used...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 recalled 682 policemen undergoing training in Western Visayas to augment security forces in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. THE Police Regional Office-6 recalled 682 policemen under training for the barangay elections....
AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes (Facebook) The ongoing campaign period for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) shouldn't be a reason for incumbent barangay officials to stop performing their duties. Thus, said AnaKalusugan...
Police Brig. Gen. Joel B. Doria, director of the Police Regional Office 4B, has directed all police commanders in the region to intensify the security measures for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). At the same time, he said the same security measures will be extended for...
