Cases of election-related violence and other incidents in this year’s barangay elections went up by around 162 percent compared to the barangay poll-related incidents in 2018, data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Thursday, Nov. 30.From 40 validated election-related incidents...
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...
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...
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 2...
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...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Saturday, Nov. 4, welcomed the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) not to file charges against teachers who backed out of their election duties during the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).The Electoral Board and poll...
Senator Sherwin Garchalian said on Saturday, Nov. 4 that all election workers--both teachers and non-teachers--should have already received their well-deserved full honoraria. Gatchalian emphasized this, especially now that the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) are officially...