Comelec readying for barangay, SK polls

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 08/25/2016

PREPARATIONS for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in October this year continue amid moves to postpone them, the regional Commission on Elections (Comelec-7) said yesterday. “We are right on track with out preparation. The registration…

Politics in cash aid

Editorial 08/24/2016

It’s barely been two months, and as expected, the Team Rama bloc in the City Council is already making some noise, parlaying its fiscalizer role to question nearly everything from the drug problem, the mayor’s loss of…

Reviving the ROTC

08/07/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s plans to revive the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in high school and college may be quite unpopular with the millennial generation, but we understand his call for discipline among the citizenry, especially the…

Comelec: No extension of voters’ registration

Carmel Loise Matus 08/02/2016

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) Cebu Provincial office will no longer extend the voters’ registration for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. Cebu Provincial Election supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano told reporters yesterday that under the voters’…

Voters for SK, brgy. polls hit 80K mark

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/01/2016

MORE than 80,000 youths in Cebu registered for the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and barangay elections in October this year. As of yesterday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Cebu province said there were 80,717 youths between 15 to…

More than 1K to register on last day for SK, brgy polls

07/29/2016

LONGER lines await registrants at the Commission on Election (Comelec) Cebu City office as voter registration for the October barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections ends today, July 30. Comelec Cebu City officer Megumi Tapia said they…

Comelec open on weekends for voters’ registration

07/14/2016

CEBU election supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano said yesterday that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office at the Capitol will be open on Saturdays and Sundays to accommodate voters who will register for the upcoming Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)…

Poll official sees lesser vote-buying in SK polls

Mary Antonette M. Garciano 07/08/2016

WITH more people voting in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections this October, there would be lesser chances for vote buying. Lawyer Lionel Castillano, Cebu Provincial Election supervisor, said this citing more money would be needed with more…

Interim youth commission formed for Cebu province

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/22/2015

More than 100 youth leaders from all over Cebu met yesterday for the  first convention of  members of the Provincial Youth Commission (PYC). Almost a year after the ordinance creating the PWC was passed,  members gathered from …

Reforms on the barangay level

03/09/2015

While Congress is working on instituting reforms in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and deciding whether or not to retain or abolish it, it is good to note that the Senate is also working on reforms in the…

Gun ban for SK poll starts Thursday

Chito O. Aragon, Inquirer, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/22/2015

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start enforcing the nationwide gun ban on Thursday, January 22, as the 45-day campaign period for the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) poll starts. The gun ban will be in effect during the…

Comelec exec backs SK polls delay

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/05/2014

A provincial Commission on Elections (Comelec) officer welcomed reports on the postponement of the special Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections from Feb. 21 next year to October 2016. Provincial Comelec officer Ferdinand Gujilde said while their office has…

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