Starting Monday, January 7, the Cebu Provincial Election Office will have a new election supervisor. This as outgoing Cebu Provincial Election Supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano will be reporting to the Siquijor provincial election office. Siquijor’s election supervisor,…
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said it is considering lengthening the voting period in the 2019 elections from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to address the limited available voting counting machines (VCMs). During a joint…
Taipei, Taiwan — Taiwanese began voting in midterm local elections yesterday seen as a referendum on the independence-leaning administration of President Tsai Ing-wen, amid growing pressure from the island’s powerful rival China. The elections that follow Tsai’s…
President Rodrigo Duterte will campaign for corrupt-free candidates in the 2019 midterm elections and is set to announce his choices after Christmas Day. “So I will campaign for – not now, maybe after Christmas – then I…
About 50 provincial candidates have confirmed their candidacies for the May 2019 midterm elections. The earliest were Provincial Board Member Victoria “Tata” Corominas-Toribio of Cebu’s 3rd district who is seeking reelection and Toledo City Councilor Leo…
Former senator Sergio Osmeña III will again gun for Senate seat in the 2019 polls as he filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) main office on Wednesday. The grandson of former…
MANDAUE CITY Two big political families in Mandaue — the Cortes and Ouano families — have joined forces for the 2019 midterm elections. This developed after Rep. Jonas Cortes (Cebu 6th district) announced on Thursday his bid…
Old and new faces will make up the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) slate in the May 2019 election. BOPK insiders said that Mayor Tomas Osmeña would “most likely” seek reelection with Councilor Mary Ann delos Santos…
Although she is in 16th place among projected 2019 senatorial bets according to a recent survey, Kris Aquino has quashed speculations that she is running for senator. The Queen of All Media said yesterday, Sept. 22 on…
FORMER Cebu City Mayor and United Barug Team Rama leader, Michael Rama, claimed that if the elections would be held today, then their group’s whole slate would surely win. Rama said this in a press briefing on…
Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III is open to joining a coalition of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for next year’s elections. “As I’ve said before, we are willing to have a…
The Department of Interior and Local Government in Central Visayas (DILG-7) has not seen any irregularities in the conduct of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) election in Cebu City last Monday. “There were no violations,” said…
