Garcia spends P4.5 million in May polls

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor-elect Gwendolyn Garcia has spent over P4.5 million for her gubernatorial bid in the May 13 polls. In her Statement of Contributions and Expenditures filed at 5:30 p.m. today, June 13, Garcia declared…

Osmeña spends 900K more than Labella in recent polls

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Outgoing Mayor Tomas Osmeña spent more than P1.8 million during the election campaign from March to May 2019, which is at least P900,ooo more than his opponent, incoming Mayor Edgardo Labella…

Comelec Cebu City waits for candidates’ SOCE on last day of filing

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Election (Comelec) in Cebu City will be waiting until 8 p.m. tonight, June 13, for the candidates to file their Statements of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). According to Lawyer Marchel…

Mandaue Mayor-elect Cortes spends P794K in May 2019 polls

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/11/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Mandaue City Mayor-elect Jonas Cortes has spent a total of P794,600 during the 45-day campaign period of the May 2019 elections. In his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE), Cortes declared to have…

Comelec warns election winners: Submit Soces within six-month extension period or else…

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 06/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu City warned winners of the May 13 midterm polls that they will not be able to assume office if they fail to pass their Statement of…

Villar, Marcos in Alayon party oathtaking ceremony in Carcar

Futch Anthony Inso 06/06/2019

CARCAR CITY, Cebu — Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar and Senator-elect Imee Marcos are here today, June 6, to administer and witness the oathtaking ceremony of the victorious members of the Alayon party at the Carcar City Hall.…

A week before deadline, only one candidate submits SOCE in Mandaue City 

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/06/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Only one candidate in Mandaue City has filed his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as of Thursday, June 6, 2019. So far, only City Councilor-elect Jimmy Lumapas…

Militant groups call for investigation on May 13 election glitches

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Militant groups in Cebu called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to form an independent investigating body that will look into the technical glitches during the May 2019 midterm elections. Cebu chapter members…

Comelec-7 calls for localized capacity to fix broken SD cards and dysfunctional voting machines in next polls

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Technical issues were major problems during the 2019 midterm elections on May 13 and the Commission on Election in Central Visayas (Comelec-7) hopes they would be equip to address them in the next…

Comelec to 2019 candidates: Encoded, not handwritten, statements of contributions and expenditures

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded the candidates of the recent May 13, 2019 elections that their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) should be submitted in encoded format as handwritten…

Win or lose, candidates should submit Soce on or before June 12

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Win or lose, candidates in the May 13 midterm elections will need to submit a record of their campaign expenditures. Cebu Acting Provincial Election Supervisor Jerome Brillantes reminded candidates on Monday, May 20,…

Nograles cites low completion rate of Yolanda housing construction in Cebu

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Thursday disclosed that there was a low completion rate for the Yolanda housing construction in Cebu. This holds true specifically in Camotes Island where not even one housing unit…

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