Comelec Cebu City logs more than 700,000 registered voters for October 2023 SK and Barangay elections

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — About 700,000 registered voters are expected to cast their votes in the long overdue SK and Barangay Elections scheduled this coming October 2023. Of the number, 400,000 are registered voters from the city’s…

Comelec mulls village, youth polls in malls

Kathleen de Villa 01/28/2023

After its experimental “register anywhere” project for new voters, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now looking to also conduct a pilot test on holding the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls in October in select malls. In…

Comelec Lapu-Lapu City holds satellite registration in barangays

Futch Anthony Inso 01/11/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Lapu-Lapu City is currently holding satellite registrations in different barangays. In the notice that was issued by COMELEC Lapu-Lapu City election officer Ann Janette Lamban, the satellite…

Comelec conducts off-site voter’s registration at Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Visitation hours at the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory was suspended on Tuesday, January 10, to give way to the whole day of off-site voter’s registration conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).…

Comelec Mandaue notes low turnout of registrants

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/27/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Mandaue City has recorded a low number of voter registrants during its resumption on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. The voter registration for Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election next year…

Digitalizing voter registration

Moira G. Gallaga - @inquirerdotnet 12/14/2022

Voter registration resumed last Monday, Dec. 12, and will run up to Jan. 31, 2023, while for overseas voters the registration period will be up to Sept. 30, 2024, in preparation for the 2025 midterm elections. The…

Comelec resumes voter listup

Donna Pazzibugan 12/12/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will resume the registration of voters on Monday, ahead of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections set for Oct. 30 next year. John Rex Laudiangco, spokesperson for the Comelec, urged…

Unseated Negros Oriental gov starts packing but not leaving yet

Karlowe Brier 10/10/2022

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines — Unseated Negros Oriental Gov. Pryde Henry Teves announced he was ready to go but would not do so unless ordered by the Supreme Court. Teves, in his radio program on Saturday,…

Comelec proclaims new governor of Negros Oriental

Karlowe Brier 10/04/2022

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines — Negros Oriental has a new governor in the person of the province’s immediate past chief executive. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday officially declared Roel Degamo, who was then seeking reelection, as…

Forgetting@50

Inez Ponce de leon - @inquirerdotnet 09/21/2022

A few months ago, before the elections, my doctor and I were discussing my column. He wondered where the vividness of my descriptions of martial law came from; I was too young then, he said. I was…

Comelec mulls shorter campaign period for barangay-SK polls

Zacarian Sarao 09/20/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said it is planning to shorten the campaign period for those who will run in the 2022 barangay and Sanggunihang Kabataan elections (BSKE) set from October 6…

SK head Resch asks COA to check, audit SK transactions

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Aside from issues surrounding the postponement of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and Barangay elections, Cebu City Councilor and SK Federation-Cebu City head Jessica Resch also wants the Commission on Audit (COA) to check…

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