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Friday, October 11, 2013

FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

Opening Day of Filing Certificate of Candidacy
for Barangay Polls

Photos of Comelec Odiongan Online Facebook page

Odiongan, Romblon – On October 17, 2013, 5:00pm, at closing of filing of Certificate of Candidacy the local office of Commission on Elections recorded a total receipt of Five Hundred Sixty (560) COCs. For Punong Barangay Sixty Six (66) vie for the position while Four Hundred Sixty Four (464) for Barangay Kagawads.
It was noted that candidate for Punong Barangay in Barangays Batiano, Gabawan and Malilico are all unopposed. Said candidates are all incumbent Punong Barangay.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE in PHILIPPINES ELECTIONS

Money politics & the May 2013 elections:

Top execs of barred firms funded Senate bets, parties

By Ed Lingao, Cong Corrales and Edz V. dela Cruz, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

First Three Parts

IN THEORY, elections are supposed to be the great leveler or equalizer of democracy. The vote of any ordinary man scraping a living off the streets is supposed to have the same clout as that of a tycoon living it up in his penthouse.

But in our rather imperfect world, even way before voters get their hands on ballots, things take place that tend to ensure that the wealthy and powerful will have influence on those poised to set policy and law.

SK ELECTION POSTPONEMENT

SK poll postponement bill gets Senate's OK

RSJ, GMA News/Andreo Calonzo

September 24, 2013 4:54pm

The Senate on Tuesday ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the bill postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled next month.

BARANGAY & SK ELECTIONS UPDATE

Certificate of Candidacy Forms available for download below:

The nature of the Barangay and SK Elections is non-partisan and shall be conducted in an expeditious and inexpensive manner.

Officials to be elected are One (1) Punong Barangay and Seven (7) Members of the Sangguniang Barangay and for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) are One (1) Chairman and Seven (7) Members of Sangguniang Kabataan.

COMELEC UNION SLAMS ATTEMPTED KILLING OF POLL OFFICER

Sunday, August 25, 2013

THE Commission on Elections Employees Union (Comelec-EU) condemned on Sunday the attempted assassination of Gapan, Nueva Ecija acting Election Officer Atty. Arsenio Reyes Jr. by motorcycle riding gunmen in San Leonardo, in the same province Friday.

VOTERS' PLEDGE

I am a Responsible and Principled Citizen.

I will educate myself and others about the issues at hand so that my vote is a meaningful and relevant exercise of my right of suffrage.

I pledge to vote for candidates who will abide by the duly constituted rules on campaigning because I understand that those who refuse to obey the law in the little things are not likely to obey the law in the more important things;

I pledge to vote for candidates who, by word and action, renounce violence, coercion, vote-buying, and corruption as means for getting elected;

I pledge to vote for the candidates who listen to their constituents and are responsive to the needs and aspirations of those they seek to represent;

I pledge to vote as my conscience dictates in all elections.

I make these promises freely and upon my honor.

(This Voter Pledge was read at the Unity Walk of 13 January 2013, by COMELEC Commissioner Elias R. Yusoph)

SOURCE: NAMFREL

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