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(Eagle News) – Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte cast her vote in her precinct inside the Daniel R. Aguinaldo High School in Barangay Matina in Davao on Monday, May 14. Mayor Sara arrived in the area past 9:40 accompanied only by her security. She cast her ballot at 9:45 a.m. President Rodrigo Duterte is also expected to cast his vote today at the same school.
(Eagle News) — Nagpaalala ang Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa mga botante lalo na sa mga kabataan na huwag lalagyan ng anumang marka gaya ng ‘emoji’ ang balota para sa barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Dahil sa manu-mano ang botohan sa Lunes, Mayo 14, mga blangkong balota ang ibibigay kung saan isusulat ang mga pangalan ng mga ibobotong kandidato. Ayon sa Comelec, maibibilang na stray votes o hindi kikilanin na boto ang mga balotang may […]
(Eagle News) – The National Capital Region Police Office will deploy around 20,000 policemen for the May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. According to NCRPO Chief Director Camilo Cascolan, 16,000 will be deployed in polling stations and precincts throughout Metro Manila, while 4,000 from the district mobile force will be on patrol. According to Cascolan, his instructions were to be always alert, and to respond immediately should there be any incident.
(Eagle News) – Malacanang has declared May 14, the day of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, as a special non-working holiday. Based on the issued proclamation number 479 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, the special non-working holiday was declared to give the public an opportunity to vote. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already submitted a request to the presidential office for election day to be declared a holiday.
DIPOLOG CITY, (PIA)— The Commission on Elections-Zamboanga del Norte is ready to hold the Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay Election on October 31, 2016. In the recent “Kapihan sa Dipolog” forum, Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Jossil R. Macute said though the Senate and the House of Representatives are in agreement for the postponement of the Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay elections, as long as there is no law enacted to that effect, the election is a “go.” […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is expecting six million voters to register for the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 31. The application for registration will start on Friday, July 15 and will end by the end of the month. According to Comelec data, 54.363 million Filipinos registered for the May 9 elections.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Three of the commissioners of the Commission on Election will not participate in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. COMELEC Commissioners Rowena Guanzon, Christian Robert Lim and Luie Tito Guia will limit their functions in the COMELEC and will focus on en banc sessions as well as in pending election protests. They will no longer be involved in the operations of the barangay and SK polls, they said. (Eagle […]
