Senator Imee Marcos stressed Monday, February 20, the urgency of passing a law on alternative modes of voting for “highly vulnerable sectors” before the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) take place in October this year. Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral...
You can’t keep a great man down for long and that rings true for the Kings. Christian Standhardinger sustains his splendid game for Barangay Ginebra. (PBA Images) Barangay Ginebra returned to its usual winning ways, dominating Blackwater, 119-93, to put its title-retention bid back on track in...
Police have launched a manhunt against a barangay chairman who escaped an anti-drug operation in Pikit, Cotabato on Thursday, Feb. 16. Brig. Gen Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office 12 director, said the suspect Sindato Karim eluded arrest after authorities stormed his house in Barangay Lagunde....
In a game that is seen to test its mettle against the barometer of success in the season-ending conference, San Miguel is not the one to show some letup, more so fatigue, when it faces off against Barangay Ginebra on Friday, Feb. 17, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. CJ Perez (PBA Images) Playing in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Thursday, Feb. 16 that it has approved of pilot testing of the Automated Elections System (AES) in three barangays for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. Indelible ink is applied to a voter’s finger (MB FIle Photo)...
The weary legs have certainly caught up with Barangay Ginebra and it was evident in its lackluster performance that led to an embarrassing 118-88 defeat at the hands of arch-rival Magnolia on Sunday, Feb.12. Ginebra head coach Tim Cone (PBA Images) Playing their fourth game in a week's span, the...
Barangay Ginebra and Magnolia are turning another page to their storied rivalry when they face off in the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup edition of their Manila Clasico on Sunday, Feb. 12. Jamie Malonzo looks to lead a depleted Ginebra against nemesis Magnolia (PBA Images) Tipoff of the highly...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A barangay official was killed while two others, including his wife, were injured in an attack in an upland village here, police reported on Saturday, Feb. 11. Col. Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, identified the fatality as Barangay Tolosa...
A shorthanded Barangay Ginebra still proved to be too much for NorthPort, running away with a 115-100 victory to keep its record unblemished in the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena on Friday, Feb. 10. Jamie Malonzo shines for Barangay Ginebra. (PBA Images) The Kings had to endure...
Unlike in the May 2022 polls, for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election (BSKE), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decided that a person who will file a Certificate of Candidacy (COC) will immediately be considered a candidate. Preparations continue at the Commission on Election's...
Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has filed a bill seeking to lengthen the term of office of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials from the current three years to five years. Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Rodriguez filed House Bill (HB) No....
The San Juan City local government and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) gave due recognition to the outstanding barangays in the city during the 2022 Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangays (SGLGB) awarding ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The event was held at the San...
