Cordova’s new mayor sworn into office

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cordova’s newly elected mayor, Cesar Suan, has been sworn into office but he will only assume his function at noon of June 30, 2022. Suan, an outgoing councilor, had his Oath Taking ceremony,…

DepEd Cebu City appeals for increase in teachers’ May 9 pay

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Cebu City expressed hope that the 4, 000 teachers who served in the May 9 elections would eventually get more than the P5, 000…

J.P. Morgan drops PH to bottom of Asean investment preference list after May 9 polls

Miguel Camus 05/11/2022

MANILA, Philippines — American financial services giant J.P. Morgan dropped the Philippines to the bottom of an investment list comprised of its Southeast Asian peers in a new report released after it became clear Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos…

Progressive groups protest Marcos’ questionable lead in unofficial tally

Pegeen Maisie M Sararaña and Morexette Erram 05/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some members of progressive groups here staged a protest in front of the Cebu Provincial Capitol on Tuesday, May 10, questioning the partial and unofficial results of the national and local elections, particularly…

Elections in Central Visayas ‘generally peaceful’ — PRO-7

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office (PRO-7) have assessed a generally peaceful conduct of elections regionwide. Police Colonel Noel Flores, deputy regional director for operations of the PRO-7, said this adding that there were only…

Cebu City Jail Male Dorm PDLs cast vote in Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –A total of 857 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) of the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory exercised their right to vote on Monday, May 9, 2022. But 245 more registered PDLs were not able…

Cebu province elections: Around 50 VCMs malfunction but Comelec says ‘so far, so good’ 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Except for several  malfunctioning vote-counting machines (VCM), voting in various poll centers in Cebu province was peaceful and orderly during the first half of Election Day on May 9, 2022. “So far, so good. Very…

Man nabbed with 2 guns, sample ballots with stapled money in Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 25-year-old man from Balamban town was arrested with two firearms and 11 sample ballots of a local political party in Cebu City where at least two of these sample ballots were stapled…

Pagasa: Bring umbrella, fan, water when you vote on May 9

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 05/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Don’t forget to bring your umbrella, fan, and water when you go out to cast your vote on elections day, May 9, 2022. The state weather bureau Pagasa stationed in Mactan, Cebu, on…

CPPO keeping an eye on localities with past election-related incidents

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The top official of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) said that even if there are no towns considered election hotspots in Cebu province, they will still keep an eye on areas with…

May 9 voting from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Comelec

Doris C. Bongcac 05/03/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The May 9, 2022 elections is the first national and local elections that we will be having under the new normal. And since Cebu and other parts of the country remain under certain…

Duterte vows orderly, clean, honest elections on May 9

Daphne Galvez 05/03/2022

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday assured the public of an “orderly, clean, and honest elections” on May 9. In his taped public address, Duterte said he urges the government to be “conscious” of this…

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