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MANILA, July 26 – The Commission on Elections is urging deactivated voters to go to their respective COMELEC offices to reactivate their registration records. COMELEC spokesperson James Jimenez said that out of the 2, 284,743 voters who were deactivated due to the lack of biometrics, only 83,717 reactivated from July 15 to 23, with the NCR registering the largest number at 48,653. “There were 1,181,139 voters who registered in the first nine days of the registration […]
MANILA, July 15 (PIA) – Voters registration for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections will start today, July 15 up to July 31, 2016. Comelec said youth voters in the October 31 polls are those that are 15 to 30 years old. Comelec Resolution No. 10148 provides, those who are qualified to register as voters for the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls are Filipino citizens; at least 15 but not more than 30 years old […]
MANILA, July 14 (PIA) — Those interested to run in the forthcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) posts may file their Certificate of Candidacy starting October 3 up to October 5. This is based on the Calendar of Activities listed in Comelec Resolution No. 10151. The aspirants for the positions in the village and youth elections scheduled on October 31 are only given nine days to campaign, from October 21-October 29. Comelec reminded the aspirants […]
ILOILO CITY, July 13 (PIA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Iloilo City said their office will be open on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays to accommodate voters who will register for the 2016 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. In a media interview, City Comelec assistant election officer Jonathan Sayno said that the voters’ registration is set from July 15, 2016 (Friday) to July 30, 2016 (Saturday). He said applications for registration of voters […]
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 (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is planning to conduct the registration of voters for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections this month. The application for registration will start on July 15 and will end by the end of the month. According to the COMELEC, the filing of opposition to the application for registration will start on August 1 to 15.
QUEZON City, Philippines – All of the commissioners of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) released a memorandum wherein they aired grievances regarding the alleged “failed leadership” of COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista. Some of the issues that they aired include the delayed payment of the public school teachers that served in the May 9 elections as well as Bautista’s statement that there should be no Sangguniang Kabataan or barangay elections without consulting them. (Eagle News Service Described […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) answered the allegations of netizens regarding the commission’s partisanship with the Liberal Party after the COMELEC allowed the extension of the deadline of submitting the Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) requested by the LP. According to Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, the COMELEC is not partisan and has allowed other presidential candidates’ requests like the substitution of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) supports the campaign of the government against the Abu Sayyaf Group after it beheaded two Canadian hostages. CHR Chairman Jose Luis Gascon, the CHR condemns the killing and other terrorist acts done by the ASG. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections Campaign Finance Office Head Commissioner Christian Robert Lim plans to file his resignation on Monday, June 20 due to the decision of the COMELEC en banc to extend the deadline of the filing of the Statement of Contribution and Expenditures until June 30 which in turn is due to the request of the Liberal Party and its standard-bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas to extend the deadline for the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Voting 4-3, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has extended the deadline of the filing of the Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) of candidates last elections. The deadline is now on June 30. Candidates who have been declared winners in the May 9 elections cannot assume their post if they failed to submit their SOCE within the prescribed period. A negative ruling from the poll body would have affected Vice President-elect […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The United Nationalists Alliance asked the Commission on Elections to deny the request for extension of the submission of Statement of Contributions and Expenses made by the Liberal Party. According to UNA, the Liberal Party and Mar Roxas should not be given special treatment after they failed to submit their SOCE on the June 8 deadline set by COMELEC. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho […]
