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JUST IN: Senate approves postponement of barangay, SK polls on final reading

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections slated this October. Seventeen senators voted in favor of the measure seeking the postponement, while only Senator Risa Hontiveros dissented. The Senate’s approved version did not include the provision allowing President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint officers in charge in barangays. Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon said the majority accepted their […]

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Rep. Farinas: House members agreed to postpone barangay polls this year; elections to be held in May 2018

(Eagle News) — Lawmakers at the House of Representatives have agreed to postpone the barangay elections to May next year. Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Farinas said this was to allow for the synchronization of the polls with the plebiscite for the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law and Charter change. Both measures have yet to be passed. In the meantime, current barangay chairs will continue to hold their positions in a holdover capacity. According to Farinas, the […]

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Comelec to Congress: If barangay polls will be postponed, postpone them ASAP

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections has asked Congress to push through with the postponement of this year’s barangay elections soonest, if indeed the polls will be postponed. “What we’re asking is, if Congress actually pushes through with (the postponement), we’re asking them to do this as soon as possible. We need at least three months,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in an interview with CNN Philippines. According to Jimenez, this is because “we don’t want […]

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President Duterte signs bill postponing Barangay, SK polls

    (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the bill that postpones the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled on October 31, 2016 to October 23 next year. This was announced at a press briefing in Malacanang by Assistant Secretary Marie Banaag of the Presidential Communications Office, quoting Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. “According to Executive Secretary Medialdea, it was already signed by the President but he would have to wait […]

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COMELEC to reopen voters’ registration on October 3

QUEZON City, Philippines – Confident that the Sangguniang Kabataan and barangay elections will be postponed this year, the Commission on Elections post the schedule for the resumption of voters’ registration. The resumption of the voters’ registration will start on October 3 and will last until April 29, 2017. COMELEC is expecting an additional five million voters in the seven-month registration period. https://youtu.be/nbuRhWUHvF4

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Should the SK and barangay elections be postponed?

QUEZON City, Philippines (September 19) – The Congress has already approved of the proposed postponement of the synchronized barangay and SK or Sangguniang Kabataan elections. In a vote of 218 -4, the House of Representatives approved of the bill postponing said elections. The Senate approved their own version of the bill, with the vote of 20-2. This is a good thing. When the Congress voted to move the SK and barangay elections, it gives its implicit […]

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Pokemon GO a no-no in voting precincts on Barangay, SK polls

  (Eagle News)– The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) advised voters on not playing the augmented reality game Pokemon GO at voting precincts during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 31.   Earlier this month, the game is already facing a possible ban in select places in Quezon City and been blamed for making traffic in EDSA worse.   Fines for motorists playing the game while driving have already been imposed.

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