There will be no changes with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) preparations for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections 2023 in October even after the Supreme Court (SC) declared unconstitutional the law postponing Dec. 5, 2022, BSKE, the poll body's top official said. "Nothing will...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 ordered all mobile force commanders, provincial and city directors, and municipal chiefs of police in the Caraga region on Thursday, June 22, to step up their campaign against loose firearms ahead of the 2023 Barangay and SK...
CEBU CITY – Serve the people sincerely. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma made this call to all candidates who will run in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. The prelate also called on the public to come out and exercise their right to suffrage. Palma said voters should be...
CEBU CITY – A three-day public hearing will be conducted to determine if this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental will push through or not. LIONEL Marco Castillano, officer-in-charge of the Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7), briefs the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted on Monday, June 19, a special election registration meeting for the purpose of deleting all double at multiple registrants in connection with the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a statement, Comelec said that the Commission...
A petition was filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking the disqualification of Smartmatic from participating in the procurement for the 2025 Automated Election System (AES). The 10-page petition, according to Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia was received on Friday morning,...
Amid calls to postpone the conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it would be conducting public hearings in the province this month. In a statement sent by Comelec spokesman John Rex Laudiangco, the poll body...
An Waray party-list has filed a Motion for Reconsideration (MR) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in relation to the decision of the Second Division to cancel the party's registration. In its 35-page MR submitted on June 5, An Waray said that the Comelec's decision should be reversed and...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 (PRO-13) has seized 578 loose firearms and 78 explosives from Jan. 1 to the present in line with the intensified crackdown against loose firearms and security measures for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Friday, June 2, that the Second Division has granted the petition to cancel the registration of An Waray Party-list after its failure to comply with laws, rules or regulations relating to elections. In a statement sent by Comelec spokesman John...
Petitioner Atty. Moises Tolentino, Jr. has filed a Motion for Reconsideration (MR) in relation to the disqualification case of Erwin Tulfo, the nominee next in line of the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) party-list group. In his 18-page motion received by the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division dismissed on Thursday, May 25, the petition for disqualification filed against Erwin Tulfo, the nominee next in line of the ACT-CIS party-list group. In the resolution promulgated on Thursday, May 25, the Second Division dismissed the petition...