(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the measure postponing the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. The President on Monday, October 2, signed Republic Act 10952 that amended RA 9164, and postponed the Oct. 23, 2017 polls to the second Monday of May 2018. “Subsequent synchronized barangay and SK elections shall be held on the second Monday of May 2020 and every three years thereafter,” the amended portion of RA 9164 read. […]

(Eagle News) — A House of Representatives committee on Monday gave the green light to a bill seeking the postponement of the 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to  next year. More than 10 members of the suffrage and electoral reforms panel voted for the postponement to May 2018, echoing President Rodrigo Duterte’s position  that barangay and other local officials involved in illegal drug activities should be weeded out before the conduct of the polls. Only two representatives […]