Comelec-Cebu ramps up info drive to encourage people to vote

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Commission on Elections in Cebu (Comelec-Cebu) is now ramping up education and information drives as an effort to boost the number of registered voters for the May 2022 elections.  This after the provincial election…

Castillano: Fewer but strong candidates filed COCs

Rosalie Abatayo 10/18/2018

Fewer but stronger candidates filed their certificate of candidacies (COCs) for the 2019 midterm election. Cebu Provincial Election Supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Cebu, said they only received 50 COCs this year.…

YES SHE CAN

Benjie B. Talisic, Futch Anthony Inso, Nestle L. Semilla 10/15/2017

The Cebu Comelec says no stopping Lagon from assuming post unless Mayor Democrito Diamante can secure a temporary restraining order Without any restraining order from the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Daphne Lagon can assume as the new…

Comelec open on weekends for voters’ registration

07/14/2016

CEBU election supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano said yesterday that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office at the Capitol will be open on Saturdays and Sundays to accommodate voters who will register for the upcoming Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)…

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…

Transmission woes bog down Cebu’s mock polls

Jhunnex Napallacan, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/13/2016

While election officials described the mock elections in some pilot areas in Cebu as a success, they were unable to transmit the results to the national board of canvassers as of 5 p.m. yesterday. Cebu Provincial election…

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…

Comelec to disqualify 10 former candidates

Mary Claire U. Catado 10/29/2015

AT least 10 former candidates will be permanently disqualified from running for public office because they failed  to submit their statement of contributions and expenditures (SOCE). “The Comelec’s Campaign Finance Unit in Manila came out with 10…

Scheduling ‘Biometrics Data Day’

06/27/2015

We hope the Cebu City Council resolution urging employers to reserve a “Biometrics Data Day” for all their workers will be heeded if only to declog the long lines of last-minute applicants at the Commission on Elections…

Data capturing machines needed for new voters

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/15/2015

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu has requested for at least two data capturing machines in anticipation of the large number of youth who have yet to register. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, provincial election supervisor, said…

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