Tag: barangay elections

PNP Chief Acorda orders reassignment of police personnel with relatives running in barangay, SK polls

(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Benjamin Acorda Jr. has ordered a reassignment of police personnel whose relatives are running in the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang  Kabataan elections. In a statement, the PNP said those ordered reassigned to non-election-related duties until the polls on October 30 conclude were 2956 police personnel related to candidates up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity. The PNP said the reassignment was to prevent any undue influence or compromise […]

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House approves bill postponing barangay, SK polls to December 2023

  (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill 4673 that sought to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to December next year. “When signed into law, the elections would be rescheduled to the first Monday of December 2023,” a statement from the Philippine Lower House said. “For this matter, all incumbent officials would remain in office until their successors are elected, unless sooner removed […]

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House committee approves proposal to postpone barangay and SK polls to December 2023

Postponement would mean another round of voter registration, says Comelec   (Eagle News) – A committee of the House of Representatives approved the proposal to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) to December next year. The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms voted on Tuesday, August 16, to move the elections from the original schedule on December 5, 2022 to December 4, 2023. With a vote of 12-2, the House panel members approved […]

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Senate approves measure postponing May 2020 barangay polls

(Eagle News)–The Senate has approved on final reading a measure that would postpone the May 2020 barangay elections. Twenty-one senators voted to approve the measure, which seeks to move the barangay polls to December 2022 instead. If passed into law then, there will be two elections in 2022–one the May 2022 presidential polls, and the other the barangay elections. Senator Imee Marcos, chair of the committee on electoral reforms, more than six months is enough […]

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Voters’ registration for 2020 barangay, SK polls begins amid uncertainty of elections pushing through

(Eagle News) – The nationwide voters’ registration for the scheduled May 2020 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections started on Thursday, August 1, 2019, amid the uncertainty of the elections pushing through. President Rodrigo Duterte himself during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) had called for the postponement of the 2020 barangay and SK elections, noting that there was not enough time for the incumbent barangay and SK officials to complete their projects. He […]

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Senado, bibilisan ang pagtalakay ng panukalang batas sa pagpapaliban ng bgy elections, ayon kay Sen. Tolentino

  By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Papaspasan ng Senado ang pagtalakay sa panukalang batas na ipagpaliban ang Barangay elections sa susunod na taon. Sinabi ni Senator Francis Tolentino, chairman ng committee on local government, na uunahin niyang isalang ang panukala ng Pangulong Rodrido Duterte na postponement ng barangay elections. Nakipagpulong na kanina si Tolentino sa Association of Barangay Councils tungkol sa isyu. Target ng Senado na mailipat ang eleksyon sa May […]

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60 barangay officials na nasa narco list, nanalo sa katatapos na eleksyon

(Eagle News) — Animnapung opisyal ng barangay na kabilang sa narcolist ang nanalo sa katatapos na barangay elections. Ayon kay Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino, mula sa 207 barangay officials na umano’y sangkot sa iligal na droga, 36 na kapitan ng barangay at 24 na kagawad ang nanalo sa May 14 barangay elections. Partial pa lamang aniya ito at hindi pa nakukumpleto sa Region 5 at Caraga. Sabi ni Aquino, ang […]

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Special elections sa mga barangay na walang SK candidates, hiniling ng DILG sa Comelec

(Eagle News) — Hiniling ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sa Commission on Elections na magsagawa ng special elections sa ilang mga barangay sa bansa. Ayon kay DILG Assistant Secretary at Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya, nasa 39 na barangay ang kailangang magsagawa ng special elections dahil walang kumandidato sa Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). Wala pang tugon ang Comelec sa nasabing panukala. https://youtu.be/ZTzvvfe7Nlo

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Comelec: Barangay, SK polls are over except in one N. Samar barangay

(Eagle News)—The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are officially over in all precincts nationwide, except in one barangay in Northern Samar. The Commission on Elections made the announcement in a press conference on Monday, May 14. According to the Comelec, it was still unclear if a failure of elections would be declared in the “far-flung” barangay. The polling precincts except for the ones in the barangay in Northern Samar were closed  around 3 p.m. Earlier, […]

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Dalawang taong bumibili umano ng boto sa Batangas, tinutugis na ng pulisya

Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Tinutugis ngayon ng Batangas City Police ang dalawang suspek na umano’y namimili ng boto para sa isang kandidato. Sa report ng pulisya, bandang alas nuebe trenta ng umaga ng Lunes, ika-14 ng Mayo, nang ireklamo ng isang botante sa kanilang istasyon ang mga suspek na kinilalang sina Janzel Serrano Almarez at Flordeliza Plata Antenor. Ayon sa biktima, nag-aalok ng P400  ang dalawang suspek sa mga botante sa Batangas National High […]

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Mga PWD, senior citizen sa paaralan sa San Mateo, Rizal, nakaranas ng ilang problema sa pag-boto

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pahirapan pa rin ngayon ang pagboto lalo ng mga Persons with Disabilities at mga senior citizen dito sa San Mateo National High School sa Rizal. Karamihan kasi sa mga senior citizen umakyat pa sa third floor dahil naroon ang kanilang presinto. Si Aling Roberta Apolonia, 85 years old na  pero umakyat pa ng third floor dahil dito raw siya bumoto noong 2016. “Hindi pa e. Wala yung pangalan ko […]

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Comelec: No poll hitches in Metro Manila so far

(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 14, said there were no reports of poll hitches in Metro Manila so far. “But we are continuing to monitor all of the other places,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a press briefing at the Comelec command center in Manila. According to Jimenez, so far, in Maguindanao, “we are good.” All polling centers were also open in Basilan and Sulu. As for Regions 1, Caraga […]

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