Comelec to start removing illegal campaign materials

Apple Ta-as, Carmel Loise Matus, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/08/2016

SEVERAL campaign sorties scheduled this month will mark the start of the campaign period for national candidates. The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), which recently formed a partnership with the Garcia-led One Cebu Party, is tentatively scheduled to…

Sitoys not solid for Mar

Jessie D. Campos, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/08/2016

THE Sitoy family in Cordova town will be divided in their support of presidential bets this coming May elections. Mayor Adelino Sitoy, who ran and won as mayor in the 2013 elections under the Liberal Party, has…

Debates as eye-openers

Ricky Poca 02/08/2016

These past few days I’ve been watching the CNN coverage of the US presidential elections especially the debates among the Republican and Democratic parties. The debates are enlightening in that the questions zeroed in on issues affecting…

A clutter-free election campaign landscape?

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 02/07/2016

Tomorrow, February 9, marks the start of the campaign period for national elective officials. Commission on Elections chairperson Andres Bautista has been very visible in reminding candidates and political parties to comply with the law and resolutions…

Level playing field

Ricky Poca 02/06/2016

Last week, One Cebu Party a local political party in the Province of Cebu announced its support for Vice President Jejomar Binay in the presidential derby. One Cebu has die-hard supporters  who could give the vice president…

LP is strong in the 7th district — PB Calderon

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/06/2016

THE new seventh district in Cebu is dominated by Liberal Party (LP) allies, contrary to claims from the opposition that the district will not bring in votes for the party’s standard-bearer. Provincial Board (PB) Member Peter John…

No special poll place for PWDs, seniors

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/06/2016

The COMELEC will not be providing accessible polling places for persons with disability and senior citizens in the coming elections but will instead provide all the  assistance that they will need. “As much as we want to…

Narcopolitics

Editorial 02/06/2016

The drug menace isn’t going away anytime soon but still it is quite alarming to learn that drug dealers are in cahoots with local elected officials and police officers in Cebu especially with the onset of the…

Dumanjug eyed as election hotspot

Apple Ta-as, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/04/2016

PROVINCIAL Board members representing Cebu’s 2nd district are in favor of asking the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to declare Dumanjug town as an election hotspot. PB Member Peter John Calderon said if naming the town as an…

Campaign stunt

Editorial 02/02/2016

Whatever can be said of that “Binay Country” streamer that was on display at the South Coastal Road during the Statio Orbis or “Stations of the World” Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress last Sunday was already…

BINAY EXPANDS CLOUT IN CEBU

Carmel Loise Matus, Connie E. Fernandez, Doris C. Bongcac 02/02/2016

Cebu may not be a “Binay country” but the Liberal Party cannot also claim the province as its bailiwick. The alliances recently formed here by Vice President Jejomar Binay threatened the hold of the administration party on…

Mock elections slated

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/02/2016

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will be conducting mock elections which is a simultaneous nationwide activity on February 13. The precincts covered are Mabolo Elementary School and Lusaran Elementary School in Cebu City as well as precincts…

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