TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) said they are ready for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October during the launching of simultaneous checkpoints in the region on Monday, August 28. POLICE Brig. Gen. Vincent Calonaga, PRO-8 director, and Comelec-8...
ILOILO CITY – With the start of the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections next week, security preparations are underway across Western Visayas region. Atty. Dennis Ausan, regional director of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-6,...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) is talking to other political parties to strengthen the group ahead of the midterm elections in 2025. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos said this as he led the oath-taking of...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – The Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol) has started to dig deeper into the killings of a barangay official and her husband in Libon, Albay on Tuesday night, August 22. Relly Saraba Mata, councilor of Barangay Nogpo, Libon, and her husband, Alfredo Bazar Mata, were gunned...
The Commission on Elections is eyeing the implementation of what it refers to as “money ban” in a bid to fight vote buying for the barangay and Sagguniang Kabataan (BSKE) in October this year. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said this year’s election money ban is different from what...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced Tuesday, Aug. 22, that it is set to implement a money ban and a total ban on the distribution of "ayuda" and other assistance in relation to the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30. Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Commission on Elections-Albay and Legazpi City conducted a mall voting simulation in preparation for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections in October. This was held at SM City-Legazpi on Saturday which was participated in by at least 50 registered voters...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, Aug. 21, that it has approved the recommendation of the Law Department that the disputed barangays in Makati City be considered as part of Taguig City. MB photo Based on Memorandum No. 230806 dated Aug. 19 released by the poll body, this will be...
BAGUIO CITY – Around 1,600 teachers will be deployed as election officers in polling precincts in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) here on October 30, the Department of Education-Baguio City said. In a meeting by the City Joint Security Control Center (CJSCC) at the Baguio...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that residents from calamity-stricken areas will still be given the chance to vote in the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30. In an effort to carry on with their daily routines, residents in the flooded areas resort to...
While the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not encouraging the public to conduct a warrantless arrest or citizen's arrest when they encounter acts of vote buying, the poll body said that it remains an option under the law. (Noel Pabalate/MB file photo) During a press conference on Tuesday, Aug....
CEBU CITY – The death of the No. 1 most wanted person in Central Visayas dealt a big blow to private armed groups operating in Negros Oriental, police said. POLICE Col. Ronan Claravall, chief of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, says the crime rate in Negros Oriental has gone...
