Liquor ban remains until midnight

PIT Intern 05/14/2018

Chief Superintendent Robert Quenery, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) Director, reminds the public that the liquor ban is still effective despite the official end of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls. The nationwide voting…

Lesser voters participated in Barangay, SK polls

Morexette Erram, PIT Intern 05/14/2018

Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (COMELEC-7) Director Veronico Petalcorin revealed that only 70 to 80% of the registered voters exercised their right to suffrage in the region for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. The…

All systems go for the barangay, SK polls

Benjie B. Talisic, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/13/2018

THE Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec-7) is all set for today’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, with few violence and threats reported in the region. Comelec-7 Director Veronico Petalcorin encouraged Cebuanos to go out…

Comelec disqualifies 136 candidates in village, SK polls

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 04/26/2018

About 136 candidates were disqualified for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) election after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) found some discrepancies in their requirements as of Thursday (April 26). Comelec Provincial Officer Ferdinand Gujilde said some…

New Punta Engaño village chief days before polls

Norman V. Mendoza 04/25/2018

Four years after she filed her election protest and more than two weeks to go before the barangay and Sangunniang Kabataan (SK) elections, Josie Hayashi finally assumes her post as barangay chairperson of Punta Engaño of Lapu-Lapu…

No transfers until after polls: Tomas

04/18/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he will only entertain requests of barangay officials to transfer to the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) after the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. “Just to remind them, after the elections,…

Bam Aquino: No stopping May 2018 brgy, SK polls

Inquirer.net 03/20/2018

Nothing can stop the May 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, Senator Bam Aquino said even after a bill pushing for postponement of the polls was approved by the House of Representatives Monday night. “Tuloy na…

Putin eyes 4th term as Russians go to polls

AFP 03/18/2018

Russians voted Sunday in an election set to hand President Vladimir Putin a fourth Kremlin term, as the country is embroiled in a crisis with Britain and its allies over a spy poisoning. With the vast country…

Davide, Martinez hail village polls suspension

Morexette B. Erram 10/05/2017

CEBU Governor Hilario Davide III has welcomed the new law postponing the synchronized barangay elections from October 23, 2017 to the second Monday of May 2018. Davide was also glad that Republic Act 10953 signed into law…

It’s final: Barangay, SK polls postponed to May 2018

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Inna Gian Mejia, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle S. Semilla 10/04/2017

  IT’S now official. The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections have been postponed to May next year. President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on Tuesday Republic Act 10953 postponing the barangay and SK elections to the…

SENATE VOTES TO POSTPONE POLLS

Inquirer.net, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/20/2017

BARANGAY AND SK ELECTIONS The postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections has moved closer to reality after the Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading to defer the twin polls originally set…

COMELEC IS READY FOR BARANGAY POLLS

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/17/2017

  Despite moves in Congress to postpone the barangay elections scheduled in October, it is still all systems go as far as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is concerned. Starting on Saturday, September 23, those who plan…

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