Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a bill seeking to increase the authorized campaign expenses of candidates in national and local elections. In filing Senate Bill No. 2460, which seeks to amend Republic Act No. 7166, otherwise known as the "Synchronized National and Local...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued 77 show-cause orders to candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas on October 30 for premature campaigning. AUSAN (FB) Dennis Ausan, Comelec-6 director, said the number of show-cause orders may be...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police seized suspected shabu worth P2.7 million and a handgun from two men on board a motorcycle in a Commission on Elections checkpoint in line with the barangay elections on the Manila South Road in Purok 2, Barangay Parian, Calamba City, this...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Abra province on Monday, October 9, said 44 teachers have withdrawn their intent to serve as Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKEs) while at least 122 candidates for different...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) led by Chairman George Erwin Garcia held the ceremonial send-off and began deploying the official ballots and accountable forms for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Wednesday night, October 4. Garcia witnessed the...
BACOLOD CITY – Six barangay captains here are running unopposed in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said these candidates are from Barangays 7, 15, 24, 25, 32, and 36. The SK chairmen from Barangays 24, 36, and 37 and SK kagawads...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez wrote a letter to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking guidance on the participation of barangay officials in the MassKara Festival that coincides with the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. BENITEZ (center). (FB)...
More policemen and soldiers will be deployed in areas which will be assessed to be sites for potential poll-related violence for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Oct. 30, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. So far, around 246 areas were already classified as under red...
Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro has committed support to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in ensuring peaceful and orderly barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Oct. 30. The commitment of support was strengthened through the signing of memorandum of agreement between Teodoro and...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) have joined forces to fight vote buying and vote selling not only in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30 but also in future elections. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C....
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that four candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) here next month have withdrawn their candidacies. Kathrina Trinio-Caña, head of Comelec-Bacolod, said these candidates – a barangay and SK...
P500 bills, Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza (Unsplash, PPAB) House Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to do away with the "burdensome" tax registration fee being...
