CEBU CITY – Twenty-six individuals have been arrested in Central Visayas since the gun ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next month has been enforced. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said most of the arrests were made during random checkpoints or implementation of search...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – A total of 47,637 aspirants for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the Davao region filed their Certificates of Candidacy from August 28 to September 2. In a press briefing on Monday, Gay Enumerables, Commission on Elections-Davao region (Comelec-11) assistant...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Laguna reported that 27,983 individuals are running in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the province on October 30. The Office of the Provincial Election Supervisor said 1,949 are candidates for barangay chairman, of which 1,608 are males and...
TAAL, Batangas – A barangay chairman here running for reelection in the barangay elections next month was gunned down in Barangay Poblacion, Zone 10, this town, on Tuesday, September 5. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the victim as Erasmo Divino Hernandez, chairman of Barangay...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Quezon said 38,015 individuals are running in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on October 30. Comelec-Quezon chief Allan Enriquez said 2,822 filed Certificates of Candidacy for barangay chairman, 19,868 for councilor or...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay captain from Zamboanga Sibugay province and his brother, a former barangay councilor, were gunned down in a busy intersection here on Sunday night, September 3. Police identified the fatalities as Jul-Asmad Mawajil Anjawang, 56, barangay captain of Mamansaan, Mabuhay,...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – More than 2,000 residents in this city have filed Certificates of Candidacy for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. Christopher Thiam, city election officer, said 2,447 candidates filed COCs, 135 percent higher than the 1,810 in the last barangay...
The Comelec has issued new schedules for the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) following the suspension of government work due to the inclement weather. In a post on Thursday night, Aug. 31, Comelec said for the National Capital...
Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, commanding general of Philippine Army, addressess the audience during the regional coordinating conference in Cotabato City on Aug. 31, 2023 for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). (Photo by Philippine Army) Philippine Army (PA) Commanding General Lt. Gen....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Thursday, Aug. 31, that it has extended the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to Sunday, Sept. 3 due to the inclement weather. Aspiring candidates for the Barangay at Sangguniang...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – The police and military arrested here Tuesday night four armed men, one of them a candidate for barangay chairman, for possession of unlicensed high-powered firearms. The arrest of the group came hours after a candidate for barangay chairman was murdered near the...
CEBU CITY – Election officials have warned candidates against early campaigning in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. Ferdinand Gujilde, election officer of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Cebu City North District, said those who have filed their Certificate...
