SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) led by Chairman George Erwin Garcia held the ceremonial send-off and began deploying the official ballots and accountable forms for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Wednesday night, October 4. Garcia witnessed the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office has shown that it is ready to respond in emergency situations in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). The Bacolod City Mobile Force Company (BCMFC) led by deputy commander Police Capt. Paul Vincent Pendon held a simulation...
BACOLOD CITY – Six barangay captains here are running unopposed in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said these candidates are from Barangays 7, 15, 24, 25, 32, and 36. The SK chairmen from Barangays 24, 36, and 37 and SK kagawads...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A barangay councilor running for chairman in the barangay elections on October 30 was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Gracia Village, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan on Tuesday night, October 3. Police identified the victim as Salvador Tan Garcia, 45, a resident of...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez wrote a letter to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking guidance on the participation of barangay officials in the MassKara Festival that coincides with the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. BENITEZ (center). (FB)...
CEBU CITY – More than 100 policemen in Cebu with relatives running in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 have been transferred to another assignment. Police Major Nolan Tagsip, spokesperson of the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO), said moving the 104 police officers...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) has arrested more than 200 persons as part of the strict enforcement of the election gun ban. Police Major Nolan Tagsip, spokesperson of CPPO, said the operations against loose firearms have been relentless as part of their preparation for the...
Face-to-face classes will be suspended for the celebration of this year’s World Teachers’ Day (WTD) and the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on activities that would need the participation of teachers. A teacher is sorting out the modules to be used by students for...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized at least 53 firearms following the arrest of an unlicensed gunsmith who was allegedly engaged in online selling of firearms and other gun accessories that include suppressors. Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., chief of the...
ILOILO CITY – Sixty-four individuals have been arrested since the gun ban for the barangay and SK elections in Western Visayas took effect on August 28. A consolidated report by the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said these violators were arrested from August 28 to September 30. POLICE...
Intensive security measures will be enforced by the Eastern Police District (EPD) to ensure "transparency and credibility" during the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election (BSKE) 2023. “EPD will ensure a fair and just election. Thus we are fully dedicated and committed to...
More policemen and soldiers will be deployed in areas which will be assessed to be sites for potential poll-related violence for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Oct. 30, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. So far, around 246 areas were already classified as under red...
