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,...
Four newly-elected barangay officials were killed while two others were injured based on the post-election data of the Philippine National Police (PNP). PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the attacks include shooting, stabbing and hacking incidents in Metro Manila, Northern Mindanao, Central...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released the list of winners in the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Taguig. Through a Supreme Court decision issued this year, Taguig’s total number of barangays increased to 35. Based on the tally from Comelec-Taguig...
CAVITE – A barangay official was attacked by his former running mate who lost in the recent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Cavite City on Tuesday, Nov. 7. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as alias Ateng. According to the police report, the...
Police arrested the driver of a motorcycle which was used by the gunman in the killing of a newly-elected barangay councilor in Pasay City on Sunday, Nov. 6. Police Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr., director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said the suspect, Vladimir...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez will induct newly elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials in a mass oathtaking here on November 10. Benitez said that he invited all of them to attend the oathtaking at the SMX Convention Center. BENITEZ (FB) “We’re...
Photo from Parañaque PIO Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez led the mass oathtaking of 256 newly elected village and Sangguniang Kabataan officials on Monday, Nov. 6. The mass oathtaking of newly elected village and Sangguniang Kabataan officials from 16 barangays in Districts 1 and...
BAGUIO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) attributed the low turnout of voters in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections here on October 30 to All Saints’ Day or “Undas” on November 1. Baguio Election Officer John Paul Martin said it is better if the election is held in...
A Muntinlupa councilor and the son of Rep. Jaime Fresnedi are among the winners in the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Muntinlupa. Councilor Luvi Constantino won as the barangay chairperson of Barangay Cupang. She won as councilor in the May 2022 elections and is...
