The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it has already received more than 487,000 applications from individuals who wanted to become registered voters in time for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in December. The poll body said there have been 487,628 new registrants across...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said 235,153 individuals have already filed their applications to become registered voters in the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls as of July 6. Comelec/MB The more than 235,000 new registrants are those aged 15-17 years old with...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the destruction of unused official printed ballots and other election-related materials supposed to be used in the special elections for the municipalities of Binidayan and Butig, Lanao del Sur will commence on July 12. Comelec/MB The said ballots were not...
PARANG, Maguindanao (PNA) – One-hundred eighteen assorted firearms, including those owned by a losing vice mayoral bet, were seized across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) since last week. Police Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, BARMM police director, said Friday, July 8,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) applicants swamped the first day of the resumption of voter registration by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in preparation for the barangay and SK elections in December. Comelec-Eastern Visayas (Region 8) was able to process a total of 4,200...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has asked its field offices to address the long queues of applicants in the ongoing voter registration. Comelec/MB In a statement on Thursday, July 7, Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said the en banc directed the Office of the Deputy Executive...
More than 137,000 new registrants have so far registered for the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Thursday, July 7. Comelec/MB Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco said data from the Election and Barangay Affairs...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is still waiting for President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to appoint their new chairman and commissioners. Comelec/MB "We continue to await when will the President appoint two new commissioners and the chairman so we can have a full seven-man Commission en...
The conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections set on Dec. 5 this year appears to be still in limbo. This, after Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos gave no categorical answer if the said polls will proceed as scheduled or not. He...
Rookie solon Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez has filed a bill pushing for the postponement of the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BKSE). Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez (MANILA BULLETIN) As part of the initial salvo of bill filings in the 19th Congress, Gomez...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be referring the Supreme Court (SC) resolution on the mayoralty election in Agoo, La Union to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) as part of standard protocol. MB file photo "Per standard protocols and procedures, we will be referring the matter to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, July 5, proclaimed Stefanie Ann Eriguel Calongcagon as the duly elected mayor of Agoo. Comelec/MB Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco confirmed the proclamation of Calongcagon that day. "Proclaimed already and the Writ of Execution in...
