Comelec open on holidays

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/28/2016

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) said they will be open tomorrow even if it’s a holiday. Comelec provincial supervisor Lionel Castillano said they will be open even during holidays except Sundays for the registration of voters for…

Voter registration to resume

Nestle L. Semilla 11/05/2016

FOLLOWING the postponement of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) election this year, registration for voters will resume this month. Commission on Election (Comelec) Provincial Election Officer Ferdinand Gujilde said that registration will resume starting this November 7…

Results of barangay polls crucial to party dominance in council

Nestle L. Semilla 07/30/2016

With barangay elections this October slowly heating up, members of the Cebu City Council have begun involving themselves in the campaign trail as results of this election are considered crucial in directing the leadership of the Cebu…

Deadline beaters

11/03/2015

  Long after the complaints have ended and their collective frustration vented in public, those who failed to register or have their complete biometrics data taken at the Commission on Elections (Comelec)—and they may number in the…

Bullet scams

Ricky Poca 11/02/2015

The reports of “tanim bala” in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport are shocking. The latest victim of the scam, victimizing both Filipino and foreign travelers whose bags or luggage are suddenly planted with a bullet that gets…

At least 1,500 sign up in Cebu City mall

Nestle L. Semilla 11/01/2015

The last day of registration saw  more  than a thousand Cebu City potential voters lining up in Robinsons Cybergate for the off-site registration of the Cebu City Commission on Elections (Comelec). The large  crowd partly disrupted the…

Thousands troop to mall on last day of registration

Nestle L. Semilla 10/31/2015

THOUSANDS trooped to the Robinson’s Cybergate Mall as it opened at 10 a.m. today for the last day of registration for next year’s elections. Personnel of the Cebu City office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) were…

Cebu City Comelec braces for wave of registrants

Nestle L. Semilla 10/31/2015

At least a thousand Cebu City residents are expected to be at the Commission on Election’s off-site registration center in Robinson’s Cybergate mall near  Fuente Osmeña and beat the voter’s registration deadline today. Lawyer Marchel Sarno, Cebu…

Long lines anew as Comelec resumes voters’ registration

Nestle L. Semilla 10/18/2015

More than 700 people lined up to register at the Cebu City office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)  yesterday, a day after the agency finished processing the candidacies of those running in next year’s elections. “Definitely…

‘Limit guests in COMELEC offices’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/08/2015

Candidates are limited to bring  only three guests during the filing of certificates of candidacy to avoid crowding the office of the Commission on Elections, but this may not be the case  in Cebu. The rule will…

Comelec holds off-site registration for inmates

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/06/2015

The last time 45-year-old inmate Allan Biñan registered for the national elections and voted was in 2000. After 15 years, he can again exercise his right to suffrage as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted a satellite…

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