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…

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…

Youth group asks Comelec to extend deadline for SK registration period

Nestle L. Semilla 07/28/2016

THE members of Akbayan Youth met with Commission on Election (Comelec-7) Regional Director Rafael Olano to ask him to extend the deadline of the Sanggunian Kabataan (SK) voters’ registration period. Akbayan youth regional organizer Chatch Calderon said…

Duterte’s ‘One Love’ concert at SRP seen to draw 50K

Carmel Loise Matus 06/21/2016

About 50,000 to 80,000 people are expected to attend the “One Love, One Nation” thanksgiving concert for President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s election victory to be held at the Sugbo grounds in the South Road Properties (SRP) on June…

Manual vote recount in 19 Cebu precincts

Sheila Mae Gumapon 06/02/2016

A RANDOM manual audit committee has been verifying the ballots of 19 clustered precincts in Cebu province and one in Bohol province since last Tuesday. The ballot audit was intended to reassess the accuracy of the vote-counting…

Comelec thanks police, military for peaceful polls

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/31/2016

EXCEPT for a few technical glitches involving some vote-counting machines (VCMs), the May 9 election in Central Visayas was peaceful and successful, said Commission on Elections (Comelec 7) director Jose Nick Mendros. The voter’s turnout of 86.09…

Macalintal: Robredo’s win now indisputable

05/24/2016

The victory of Leni Robredo as vice president is now indisputable, the leading vice presidential candidate’s election lawyer said yesterday. “We’re very, very confident that the victory of Leni Robredo is now unassailable and that’s why we…

TIME TO MOVE ON

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/12/2016

After a divisive political campaign and electoral exercise, an official of the Archdiocese of Cebu called on the people to unite and support the newly elected leaders. “Let us now move on as a nation,” enjoined Msgr.…

Why Duterte won

Stephen D. Capillas 05/12/2016

Listened yesterday to dyAB station manager Leo Lastimosa elaborate on the three reasons why Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte achieved that come-from-behind victory over other well-funded, more established — at least in Luzon and the National Capital…

Binay not yet conceding to Duterte

Carmel Loise Matus 05/11/2016

Vice President Jejomar Binay made it clear that he has not yet conceded to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. In a media interview on Wednesday afternoon in Mandaue City, Binay said he would wait until the canvassing…

Safety and convenience in voting

Editorial 05/11/2016

The death of two women voters and fainting of 11 people due to the summer heat in Cebu City and some parts of Cebu province only emphasized the urgency not only of including commercial malls as polling…

Voters asked to be patient, to cast their votes

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/09/2016

VOTERS who experienced difficulty in casting their ballots were asked to “be patient” and “not to be discouraged” by technical glitches, long lines or cramped, hot polling precincts. Regional Director Jose Nick Mendros of the Commission on…

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