Bautista no-show in House hearing on barangay polls delay

Inquirer.net 08/14/2017

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson Andres Bautista won’t be attending the House of Representatives’ hearing on Monday on the proposal to postpone the 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. In a press conference on Monday, Cibac Rep.…

Davide welcomes postponement of barangay and SK polls but says no to appointment

Intern 08/11/2017

  CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III would have wanted the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to push through this October but nevertheless welcomed its postponement as long as there will be no appointments. Last Monday, the House…

Cebu village officials uncertain on polls’ fate

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette B. Erram 07/26/2017

Cebu City barangay officials will be ready whether or not barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will be held on Oct. 23, this year. “Whether or not it was mentioned in the President’s State of the Nation…

Comelec waiting on Congress for polls delay

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/01/2017

UNLESS Congress decides to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections this month, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will push through with preparations for it. Comelec Cebu Provincial Supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano said “everything is underway”…

Senate to decide on fate of barangay, SK polls in August

Inquirer 06/28/2017

Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III yesterday said the Senate would decide on the postponement of the barangay and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in August amid calls from several lawmakers to finally push through with the…

Comelec urges youth to register for SK polls

Intern 04/19/2017

Deadline for voter registration is on April 29 With only a few days left before the registration deadline, the Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec-7) is urging the youth to register for the upcoming October 2017…

Should people support Du30’s appointment of village officials?

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 03/30/2017

The recent plan of President Rodrigo Duterte in postponing again the baranggay election and suggesting that he himself would instead appoint baranggay officials drew mixed reactions. There are those who totally agree with the President. Others are…

Unprecedented control

03/29/2017

The Duterte administration has only until August this year to enact and approve a law that will suspend this year’s barangay elections for an undetermined period and allow the President to appoint barangay officials, but this early,…

Brgy polls should proceed – Davide

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/17/2017

AS TALKS about another possible postponement of this year’s upcoming barangay elections continues, the province’s top officials weigh-in on the issue. Gov. Hilario Davide III said that he heard reports that along with the supposed postponement of…

Exec says law required to postpone brgy polls

Inna Mejia, Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/16/2017

Talks about possible postponement of the barangay elections scheduled in October this year will have no bearing in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) until a law will be enacted declaring its postponement. Lawyer Lionel Castillano, Comelec Cebu…

Duterte mulls postponement of barangay elections anew

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/15/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte wants the barangay elections postponed again. In a speech before the first general assembly of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) at the Manila Hotel on Tuesday, the President said he did…

COMELEC ORDERS A RECOUNT

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/04/2016

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has issued an order which facilitates the recount of 20 percent of votes cast in Cebu City’s mayoralty race last May. The best solution to resolve the allegations of defeated…

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