(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 […]
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COMELEC may declare those who fail to submit SOCE as nuisance candidates
MANILA, Philippines, July 16 (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said that they are studying the possibility of declaring candidates who failed to file their Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) and are also planning to run again in the 2016 elections as nuisance candidates. Said declaration is a prerogative of the COMELEC. The COMELEC already fined more than 5,000 candidates who failed to declare their SOCE last election, including several incumbents. (Eagle […]





