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CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 14 suspected vote-buying incidents were reported in Central Visayas prior to the conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on Monday. Of these, nine were recorded by the Police Regional…
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Despite warnings from authorities, vote-buying and vote-selling remain prevalent in several areas in the Visayas and in Bulacan province in Luzon. In Tacloban City, the provincial capital of Leyte, cash ranging from…
MANILA, Philippines — Vote-buying through e-wallets and other digital payment platforms will be closely monitored by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) with offenders facing possible jail time.…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Lapu-Lapu City is reminding candidates in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to follow election guidelines to avoid the imposition of sanctions that may…
MANILA, Philippines — Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. of the Malasakit at Bayanihan party-list group has proposed a measure that would make vote-buying a heinous crime and punishable with jail time of 20 to 40 years. Golez filed House Bill…
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is investigating nearly 1,000 vote buying cases, Commissioner George Garcia said Monday. Comelec has issued subpoenas to respondents to explain the supposed vote buying incidents, said Garcia. “In the…
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur, Philippines —Mobile phones are selling like hotcakes after the May 9 general elections, thanks to local politics. For two straight days after the polls, many of the popular mobile phone brands were…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid has admitted to having distributed paper bags to her constituents, especially the senior citizens who dropped by her campaign headquarters early on Monday morning, on their way…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Whatever will be the outcome of the elections, urban poor leader Francisco “Bimbo” Fernandez said he will continue his fight for transformative governance. Fernandez, a vice mayoral candidate in Cebu City and former…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City mayoral candidate, Councilor David Tumulak, called out candidates practicing vote buying this elections. “Grabe gyod ang nahitabo karon. This is the first time in the history of Cebu City na grabe…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — It’s already 9 p.m. and residents of this thickly populated sitio in a barangay in Mandaue City proper have remained widely awake. Aside from celebrating the annual feast of Señor San Jose, the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 25-year-old man from Balamban town was arrested with two firearms and 11 sample ballots of a local political party in Cebu City where at least two of these sample ballots were stapled…
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