The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has finished printing the ballots for the Sept. 17 plebiscite in Maguindanao. Comelec/MB In a statement, Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said the printing of the more than 800,000 ballots concluded on Aug. 20 while the printing of all other...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the voting period during the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Comelec/MB In Resolution No. 10831, the Comelec said, the counting and canvassing of votes and proclamation of winning candidates shall immediately...
The two chambers of Congress are asked today whether they are willing to spend P18-billion for Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) elections rescheduled from this coming December to next year. Senator Imee Marcos Senator Imee Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral...
The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms on Thursday, Aug. 25, approved during its second meeting the substitute bill that seeks to postpone the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections from December 2022 to the first Monday of December 2023. Citizens line up to...
Poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) remained keen in its position that the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) initially slated for December should not be postponed. Lente FB In a statement, Lente stated that the senate hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 23 just...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the filing of the Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) from Oct. 6 to 13,2022. Comelec/MB This was based on the Calendar of Activities for BSKE released by the poll body. In Resolution...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia lauded everyone behind the "success" of the recently-held national and local elections in May on the poll body's 82nd anniversary on Monday, August 22. Comelec Chairman George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) "The 2022 National and Local Elections...
The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) on Monday, August 22, urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exercise its power to decide when to hold the next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). Namfrel The poll watchdog group cited paragraph (3), Section 2, of...
The preparations of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls is now at 70 percent. Comelec/MB "More or less we are at 70%," Comelec Chairman George Garcia said in an interview Monday, August 22. He said the printing of ballots and other...
Comelec Chairman George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia reminded the poll body's workers to continue serving the public with dedication. "I am calling for unity in performance of our duty. Service to the nation is never a mistake. It is of the...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia showed on Friday, Aug. 19, a model of the poll body's new office. Photo from Comelec In a text message, Garcia said that they will reveal the office on Monday, Aug. 22. Garcia earlier appealed to Congress to give them a budget so they...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia urged the residents of Maguindanao to exercise their right to vote in the forthcoming plebiscite in the province. Comelec/MB "We call on Maguindanaoans, go out and vote. This is for your future, not ours, not for just one person," he said...