Tag: SOCE

DILG: Newly-elected local candidates who fail to submit SOCE with Comelec by June 13 can’t assume post

(Eagle News) – Newly elected local government officials should file their Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) by June 13 with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) or they will not be able to assume office. This was the warning from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) which stressed that the filing of the SOCE is the “first legal obligation” of the candidates who won local posts. “We are reminding the winners to […]

Comelec: Deadline of filing poll expenses today, June 13

    By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service   (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded all who ran for seats in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls, whether winners or losers, to file their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) until today, Wednesday, June 13. Comelec spokesman James Jimenez noted that so far, there have been no talks to extend the deadline for the filing of SOCE, adding that all local offices nationwide […]

Comelec to barangay, SK poll bets: Submit SOCEs by June 13

(Eagle News)—The Statements of Contributions and Expenses of individuals who filed their certificates of candidacy for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are due on or before June 13. The Commission on Elections issued the reminder on Monday, May 21, the same day the election period officially came to a close. With the end of the election period, the ban on “bearing, carrying and transporting of firearms and other deadly weapons and the availment or engagement […]