Teachers serving elections told: Claim honoraria until next week

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Teachers who served in the recent elections and who have yet to claim their honoraria are given until next week to do so. Commission on Election (Comelec) Officer for the South District, Marilou…

Comelec: Two schools in Cebu City mountain barangays too damaged for polls

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two schools in Barangays Babag and Pungol-Sibugay in Cebu City sustained considerable damage from Typhoon Odette making them unusable for the May 9 elections. Marilou Paredes, acting South District Commission on Election (Comelec)…

Cebu City provides financial assistance to family of 11-year-old boy killed in Sto. Niño accident

Dyrecka Letigio 10/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City government provided financial assistance to the family of an 11-year old victim of an accident in Barangay Sto. Niño here.  Strong winds at noon of October 10, 2021, caused a railing placed…

Talisay City Comelec to residents: Book for appointments for voter’s registration

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Talisay City Commission on Elections (Comelec) is urging residents who want to process their voter’s registrations to book appointments before going to the Comelec office. The Talisay City Public Information Office (PIO)…

Reminders for Cebu City residents who want to register as voters

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For Cebu City residents, who want to register as voters, the Commission on Election (Comelec) here said they would now begin to cater to registration starting September 1, 2020. However, various changes will…

Castillano: Comelec wants safety first before registration resumes

Rosalie Abatayo 06/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The suspension of voters registration nationwide has been extended anew, the Commission on Election (Comelec) said on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. In an advisory, the Comelec said the suspension of registration has been…

PRO-7 conducts profiling of election candidates

Nestle Semilla 10/16/2018

The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is conducting a profiling of candidates to determine whether or not they have private armed groups. Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, director of PRO-7, said they received a directive from…

Acting election officer in Barili named

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/04/2017

Commission of Elections (Comelec) provincial supervisor of Cebu Atty. Lionel Marco Castillano announced earlier this morning that an acting election officer will preside in Barili town following the murder of its election officer last Sunday. Cresente Flores…

Youth group asks Comelec to extend deadline for SK registration period

Nestle L. Semilla 07/28/2016

THE members of Akbayan Youth met with Commission on Election (Comelec-7) Regional Director Rafael Olano to ask him to extend the deadline of the Sanggunian Kabataan (SK) voters’ registration period. Akbayan youth regional organizer Chatch Calderon said…

Castillano leaves Cebu for Negros

Mike Laurence Lumen 02/16/2016

“Hopefully, I could fill the shoes of (Negros Oriental poll supervisor) Atty. (Eddie) Aba.¨ Leaving for his new post in Negros Oriental yesterday afternoon, Commission on Election (Comelec) provincial supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano hopes he could successfully…

15K Cebu City voters still have no biometrics

Nestle L. Semilla 11/04/2015

MORE than 15,000 registered voters in Cebu City will not be able to vote during the national elections next year. Cebu City Commission on Election (COMELEC) records show that 15,464 of the more than 630,000 registered Cebu…

Comelec OPEN ON SATURDAY

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/10/2015

Cebu provincial officer Ferdinand Gujilde said the Commission on Election (Comelec) offices in Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-lapu will be open from Monday to Friday and work overtime on Saturday starting Sept. 1 for voter registration. Before  the…

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