Comelec Cebu City chief: 10-day deadline on cops for strafing incidents’ probe reasonable, but …

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 10-day ultimatum of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to the police to solve last week’s strafing incidents on the houses of barangay chiefs in Cebu City’s mountain barangays is a reasonable time…

Cebu City Comelec to start taking note of candidates’ offenses

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Commission on Election (Comelec) will start documenting campaign materials and other election paraphernalia in the city following the start of the campaign period on Friday, March 29. Lawyer Marchel Sarno,…

Arcilla’s camp assures he is still a bona fide candidate for Cebu City councilor

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 03/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Alvin Arcilla, who is running for another term in the May midterm elections, will continue to be a candidate despite the resolution for disqualification from the Commission on Election (Comelec)…

Reshuffling of election officers starts on Wednesday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) officers in Cebu City are now on the final stages of their preparations for the May 13 election. Speaking for himself, lawyer Marchel Sarno, Cebu City North District…

Comelec reminds candidates anew: Take down tarps before campaign period

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu City once again reminds the electoral candidates to pull down oversized campaign materials before the start of campaign period for local candidate starts on March 29. Lawyer Marchel…

Labella: Move to exclude Kamagayan-registered voters residing in Mandaue may be politically motivated

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the move to exclude the 173 registered voters of Barangay Kamagayan in Cebu City,  who are now residing in Barangay Cubacub in Mandaue City following a demolition…

Comelec-7 preparations for polls in full swing: Trainings for teachers, VCM familiarization for voters

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/11/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines—With the midterm elections drawing near, the Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec-7) is in the midst of their preparations for the big day in May for voters. Rafael Olaño, director of Comelec-7,…

Osmeña camp considering “charges” against election officer

Apple Ta-as, Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/21/2016

THE camp of Toledo City Mayor John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña is preparing evidence to be used as basis for the possible filing of charges against election officer Michael Sarno after Tuesday dawn’s incident at the Commission on…

ELECTION OFFICER DETAINED

Apple Ta-as, Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/20/2016

Former Toledo City Election Officer Michael Angelo Sarno found himself in the middle of a political storm in Toledo City after he was supposedly “caught” bringing out documents from his erstwhile office around midnight on Tuesday and…

Election officer ‘invited’ to police station in Toledo City

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/20/2016

Lawyer Michael Angelo Sarno, the former election officer of Toledo City, was invited to the Toledo City Police Office shortly before 1 a.m. today to explain what was he doing inside the city’s Commission on Elections (Comelec)…

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