Candidates’ tarps on utility posts in Cebu City must be taken down, ask opposition councilors

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 02/01/2019

‘s CEBU CITY, Philippines—Opposition councilors in Cebu City  are calling on all candidates in the May polls to take down tarpaulins  hanging on utility posts around the city and comply with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) regulations…

Schools tapped for voters registration

Gerard Vincent Francisco USJ-R Intern 09/12/2018

A MULTI-SECTORAL alliance of youth groups, the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation of Cebu province and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) launched an initiative yesterday aimed at registering 10,000 voters in the province. The First Time Voter’s Network…

Filing of COCs to start on October 1

Rosalie Abatayo 09/10/2018

The filing of the Certificates of Candidacies (COC) for the 2019 midterm elections is set from October 1 to 5. Election Supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Cebu Province said they are now preparing…

Bill on polls delay set for approval this month

Inquirer.net 08/13/2017

  The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should go slow in its printing of ballots for the October 2017 barangay elections because the House of Representatives expects to approve a seven-month postponement by the end of August, according…

Comelec Cebu supervisor to transfer to Negros

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/13/2016

A NEW election supervisor will be assigned to Cebu province on Tuesday this week, Feb. 16. Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano will be relocated temporarily to Negros Oriental and will be replaced by…

Technical glitches cause delay

Carmel Loise Matus 02/13/2016

IT took election personnel nearly two hours to set up the vote-counting machine (VCM) that would be used for yesterday’s mock elections at the Lusaran Elementary School in Barangay Lusaran, Cebu City. Voting was scheduled at 7…

BRT proponents seek Comelec exemption from infra ban

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/12/2016

THE Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has formally asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project from the election ban on infrastructure projects. Cebu BRT office head Rafael Yap…

What they bring to the table

01/17/2016

Regardless of whether or not Vice President Jejomar Binay managed to speak during yesterday’s Sinulog Grand Parade presentation, he and the other presidentiables are scheduled to present themselves and their programs of governance in debates mandated by…

SC ruling on ‘No bio, no boto’ welcomed

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/20/2015

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu welcomed the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the “no bio, no boto” policy. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec Cebu provincial election supervisor, said that this will ensure that the list…

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