Dumanhug candidates turned over firearms for peaceful election

Benjie B. Talisic 05/04/2018

A total of 31 firearms were turned over by running candidates of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections in Dumanjug town, southwest Cebu on Thursday morning. This, after the police personnel of Dumanhug town, called the…

There will be no power outages on election day – DOE

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Nestle L. Semilla and Jessa Mae Sotto 04/25/2018

THERE will be enough power supply during next month’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, the Department of Energy (DOE) has assured. Engr. Rey Maleza, head of the energy industry management division of the DOE-Visayas Field Office,…

Election simulation set

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/24/2018

TO address possible confusion in the handling of ballots and other election-related concerns during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu will be conducting an election simulation for its election…

Election offices urged: Let others borrow ‘extra’ ballot boxes

Jessa Mae O. Sotto with Correspondent Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/18/2018

COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Cebu has encouraged election offices in different towns to supply other offices which lacked ballot boxes. Comelec Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Lionel Castillano said they have not received additional yellow boxes from Manila.…

COMELEC orders revamp of Cebu election officers

Rosalie Abatayo 04/13/2018

Four election officers in Cebu province were reassigned a day before the filing of the certificates of candidacy for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Cebu City North District election officer Marchel Sarno is now assigned in…

RTC judge affirms Escario’s election as Bantayan mayor

King Anthony Perez 02/28/2018

IAN Christopher Escario will continue to sit as mayor of Bantayan town in north Cebu, as the petition for quo warranto filed against him was dismissed. Presiding Judge Antonio Marigomen of the Regional Trial Court Bogo City…

POC election to push through; Vargas wary of disqualification

Jasmine W. Payo 02/19/2018

There will be an election all right, but looks like it’s heading down the same road, where Boxing Chief Ricky Vargas will be disqualified from challenging long-time incumbent Peping Cojuangco for the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) presidency.…

A Cebu town election official jumps to his death inside a Cebu City mall

Jhunnex G. Napallacan, Morexette B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 12/26/2017

CEBU CITY—An employee of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu was killed after he allegedly jumped off from the third floor of a mall in Cebu City on Tuesday. The police identified the victim as Rodrigo…

Nalutsan sa mga kuwestiyonable ang PDP- Laban?

Lloyd Suarez 11/19/2017

Unsa may garantiya nga modaug g’yud ang mga politiko atol unya sa eleksiyon niining ilang pagtapon sa administration party nga mao ang Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban)? Gibugo-an nalang g’yud ang mga politiko sa…

Abe eyes big win as Japan votes under North Korea threats

AFP 10/23/2017

Millions of Japanese braved typhoon conditions Sunday for a snap election likely to hand Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a fresh mandate to revive the world’s third-largest economy and press his hardline stance on North Korea. If pre-vote…

Mao Ba?

Editorial 10/20/2017

DEPUTY MAYORS Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and 10 other city officials have been sued over the appointment of some city councilors as deputy mayors. According to the complainant, former National Bureau of Investigation–Central Visayas Director Florencio…

Lessons from Anthony

Editorial 10/15/2017

When Anthony of Padua, the patron of Tuburan town in Cebu’s northwest, lost a prayer book to a monk who fled the convent with it, the saint offered prayers — eventually granted — for the offending brother…

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