Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, October 26 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) and all distribution utilities, such as the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), to ensure ample power supply in the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, particularly in areas declared by the...
CEBU CITY – As part of the preparations for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30, a curfew will be enforced in Negros Oriental from October 28 to 29. The curfew from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. was ordered through a resolution by the Regional Joint Security Control Center 7...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Police have identified and charged three suspects in the killing of Arnel Adolfo Flormata, a 41-year-old candidate for barangay captain in Barangay Bayaoas, Sitio Casagatan, Aguilar, Pangasinan, on Sunday, October 22. Murder cases were filed against Jason Marquez...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, Oct. 26 assured that the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) cannot in any way be used for electioneering or other partisan political activities “Sa atin pong mga kababayan, kahit sino pong mangako sa inyo na kayo’y...
The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) is expecting around 1.6 million passengers during this year's long break due to the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) and the observance of the All Saints and All Souls Days next week. PITX Corporate Affairs and Government...
ILOILO CITY – A Left-leaning group has condemned the red-tagging of candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections here and the province of Iloilo. LEAFLETS identifying candidates allegedly supporting the communist movement in the city and province of Iloilo emerged as the barangay...
Police raided on Wednesday, Oct. 25, a warehouse in Navotas City where vote-buying was allegedly being held, resulting in the arrest of a woman who became the first to be apprehended for the election offense in Metro Manila. Police Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr., director of the...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee says voters in the upcoming Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) shouldn't be "more demanding" when it comes to choosing their local leaders. "Panahon...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – The newly created Special Task Force Negros Oriental passed a resolution on Wednesday, October 25, imposing a province-wide curfew two days before the October 30 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to avert violence and prevent vote-buying. Lionel Marco Castillano,...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Heavily armed men killed in an ambush on Wednesday morning, October 25, a candidate for village chairman in Kapatagan town, Lanao del Sur. Police Col. Robert S. Daculan, Lanao del Sur provincial police director, identified the fatality as Kamar Bilao Bansil, 50, who died on...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Police arrested on Wednesday, October 25, two suspects in the murder of a candidate in the barangay elections in Barangay Bayaoas, Aguilar, Pangasinan on Sunday night, October 22. The victim, Arnel Adolfo Flormata, 41, a candidate for barangay captain in Barangay...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces-Visayas Command (Viscom) will deploy over 17,000 personnel as part of its security coverage in the Visayas in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. THE Visayas Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center discusses security preparations...
