The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deactivated more than 4.2 million voters from its records, the poll body's top official said. In a message to reporters, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said that this number will be deducted from the present number of voters, which is 68 million....
(MANILA BULLETIN) Solons who have filed a bill to postpone next year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to October 2026 are asking the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to ensure that the incumbent officials...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman House Deputy Minority Leader Rep. Mujiv Hataman is seeking a congressional inquiry in aid of legislation on the alleged fraud and anomalies during the recent barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). “Mahirap...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A seized 263 assorted firearms during the implementation of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area. PRO 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas said these...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 138 violators of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in Western Visayas from August 28 to November 30. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in Jaro, Iloilo City in line with the gun ban in the barangay elections. ...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 41 persons were arrested for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in the barangay elections in Negros Occidental. A COMMISSION on Elections checkpoint manned by police officers in line with the barangay elections in Ilog, Negros Occidental on August...
Cases of election-related violence and other incidents in this year’s barangay elections went up by around 162 percent compared to the barangay poll-related incidents in 2018, data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Thursday, Nov. 30. From 40 validated election-related...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police seized 60 loose firearms during the implementation of the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan election period in this province from August 28 to November 28. As a result, this BSKE was most peaceful election ever in Nueva Ecija, said Police Col....
While welcoming the provision of full payment for poll duty honorarium, a group of teachers reiterated its call on Tuesday, Nov. 14, for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to provide additional pay to poll workers who spent "more work hours" fulfilling their duties during the 2023 Barangay and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Nov. 14, extended its gratitude to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the “timely release” of the honoraria for teachers and personnel who served in the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). The Electoral Board and poll...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has identified a total of 357 areas that falls under the Red Category for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), around 70 percent of them are located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Red Category is described as...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is preparing to deploy at least 300 generator sets (gensets) to avert blackouts or power interruption scenarios that could mar the conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) by the end of this month. On top of that,...
