AN ELECTION lawyer on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to set the voting for village leaders in May next year after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said this was the earliest possible date to hold the postponed electoral exercise. “Aware of the competence and wide experience of Comelec in conducting elections, be it manual […]
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Lawmaker insists Congress can defer village elections
A LAWMAKER on Thursday defended Congress’ power to postpone village elections set for December. “The law is constitutional and is a valid and legal legislative act of Congress,” Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, a member of the committee on suffrage, said in a statement. “There is no specific or categorical provision in the […]
SC acts swiftly on petition vs village election deferment, sets Oct. 21 oral arguments
THE SUPREME Court (SC) has set October 21 as the start for the oral arguments on an election lawyer’s petition to stop the postponement of the village elections to next year. In a statement, the tribunal ordered the Commission and Elections (Comelec) and the Office of the President to file comments by Friday noon. “The […]
Tribunal asked to stop village election deferment
AN ELECTION lawyer on Monday asked the Supreme Court to stop the postponement of village elections to next year, which he said was illegal. In a 27-page petition, lawyer Romulo B. Macalintal said Congress does not have the power to defer the elections set for December. “Clearly, the 1987 Constitution does not give Congress the […]
Village elections moved to next year
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has signed a bill postponing village and youth council elections to October 2023 from December this year. The elections will be held on the last Monday of October 2023 and every three years thereafter, according to the law. Congress first deferred the local elections originally set for May to December […]
Senate OK’s bicam report postponing village, youth council elections to Oct. 2023
THE SENATE has ratified the bicameral conference committee report postponing village and youth council elections to October 2023 from December this year. During the plenary session on Wednesday, Senator Joseph Victor “JV” G. Ejercito said the consolidated version of Senate Bill No. 1306 and House Bill No. 4673 used the Senate version as working draft. […]
House OK’s bill postponing village elections
THE HOUSE of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to postpone village and youth elections to next year. Voting 264-6, with 3 abstentions, the chamber approved House Bill 4673, which calls for the elections to be moved to Dec. 4, 2023 from Dec. 5. Under the bill, future […]
House OK’s bill deferring village elections
THE HOUSE of Representatives on Tuesday passed on second reading a bill that seeks to postpone village and youth elections to next year. House Bill 4673 calls for the elections to be moved to the first Monday of December 2023 from Dec. 5. Under the bill, future elections will be held every three years starting […]
Preparations for village elections 80% done
PREPARATIONS for village and youth council elections set for December are 80% done, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, amid talks of postponement. All election equipment and materials bought for the Dec. 5 elections could still be used if lawmakers decide to defer the elections, Comelec Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia told a […]
House panel OK’s substitute bill for village, youth council election postponement
A SUBSTITUTE bill postponing the December 2022 village and youth council elections to 2023 has been approved by the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms. “Through series of approved motions in the last meeting, we agreed as a committee to craft a substitute bill, consolidating more than thirty bills filed,” Mountain Province Rep. Maximo […]
Postponing village, youth council elections will more than double budget to P18B
PHILSTAR THE PROPOSED one-year postponement of the December 2022 elections for village and youth council leaders will mean a budget requirement of up to P18 billion, more than double the current P8.44-billion allocation, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair said on Tuesday. Comelec Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia told senators during the Electoral Reforms and […]
FIFA suspends Indian football federation for undue influence
THE International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has suspended the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to “undue influence from third parties,” world soccer’s governing body said on Monday. The suspension also means that the Under-17 women’s World Cup, which was scheduled to take place in India from Oct. 11-30, cannot be […]
House panel approves postponement of village, youth council elections to Dec. 2023
A HOUSE of Representatives committee on Tuesday voted to postpone the village and youth council elections by a year to December 2023. The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, chaired by Mountain Province Rep. Maximo V. Dalog, Jr., approved a still unnumbered substitute bill setting the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to Dec. […]
IT expert named new Comelec commissioner; watchdog pushes for changes in voter registration
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has appointed Nelson J. Celis as a commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). “I am pleased to transmit the nomination letter of Mr. Nelson Java Celis signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., for a term expiring on February 2, 2029,” according to an appointment letter signed by Executive […]
Facebook took down 5 million pieces of content leading up to PHL elections — Meta
By Patricia B. Mirasol, Reporter Facebook, the Meta-owned social media platform, removed five million pieces of content on Facebook and Instagram in the four months leading up to the Philippine national elections and the week following (Jan. 9–May 16). They were all in violation of Facebook’s violence and incitement policies, according to Meta in an […]
Editorial: Register to vote in Dec. 2022
The voter turnout during the May 2022 elections was unprecedented.Yet, despite the Commission on Elections (Comelec) extending in October 2021 the registration of new voters and the activation of disenfranchised voters who skipped two consecutive elections, many citizens were still unable to register and activate their voting status to be able to participate in the […]
Garcia gets more votes in 2022 general elections than in 2019 midterm polls
CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia exceeded the votes she received in the 2019 midterm elections after she got more than 500,000 votes in this year’s general election.The four-time governor was proclaimed winner on Tuesday, May 10, a day after the elections, after securing a historic 80.80 percent of the votes or 1,478,436 votes, beating former tourism […]
VM-elect Garcia gets highest votes in Cebu City poll history
VICE Mayor-elect Raymond Alvin Garcia has garnered the most number of votes not only among all candidates in Cebu City who won in the May 9, 2022 elections but also among all candidates who ever ran in the local polls.This was confirmed by lawyer Edwin Cadungog, chairperson of the Cebu City Board of Canvassers (BOC), […]
EOC: Covid case surge unlikely after elections
A CITY Hall official is confident that cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Cebu City will remain low after the May 9, 2022 elections.Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementer of the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), said Monday, May 2, that the possibility of another surge after the elections is remote.Garganera added that more than […]
Comelec Cebu: Polling precincts to close at 7 p.m. on May 9
VOTERS are reminded that the local and national elections will close by 7 p.m. on Monday, May 9, 2022.Jerome Brillantes, acting elections supervisor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Cebu Provincial Office, told SunStar Cebu that the elections will start at 6 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. on the same day.Voters are advised […]