By ROEL CATOTO SURIGAO CITY— The city police here have started monitoring the locality’s 54 villages for the inclusion of some of them into the so-called “hotspots” or election watch-list areas for the October 28 barangay polls.
Supt. Joseph Nohara, city police director, reca…
إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات COMELEC. إظهار كافة الرسائل
إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات COMELEC. إظهار كافة الرسائل
Grace Poe confident in PCOS, wants CCTV cams
By
Eugenio Lira, Jr. SURIGAO
CITY - Senatorial candidate Grace Poe of the Liberal
Party on Monday said she is more confident in PCOS machines than in manual
counting and wants to propose the installation of CCTV cameras in polling
precincts nationwide as part of electoral r…
Junk disqualification case, Matugas asks Comelec
By
Eugenio Lira, Jr. SURIGAO CITY — First
District Representative Francisco Matugas recently asked the Commission on
Election (Comelec) to dismiss the Petition for Disqualification filed against
him by a rival candidate for lack of cause of action and/or failure to state a
ca…
Enforce suspension against Dapa mayor, DILG asked
By Roel N. Catoto, Managing Editor/Agusan-Surigao Enquirer SURIGAO CITY —The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) should implement the suspension order against Dapa Mayor Peter P. Ruaya, lest the punishment meted out against the official would become moot and ac…
‘Underdog’ Barbers brothers vow good fight vs rival Matugas family
By Vanessa L. Almeda SURIGAO CITY (7 February) – Considered the “underdogs,” the Barbers brothers vowed to give their rival Matugas family a good fight in the May 2013 local political race. Ace and Lyndon Barbers, both former governors of Surigao del Norte, told the local med…
Sol increases pay of local teachers
By Jun Lira Making true to her commitment of improving
the lot of local school board teachers, Surigao del Norte Governor Sol
Forcadilla-Matugas recently ordered a second-round increase on mentors’
honorarium which would benefit one hundred seventy two elementary and seconda…
COMELEC junks Barbers’ protest
By Jun Lira
After two years of causing confusion in the minds of thousands of Surigaonon electorates, the issue of alleged ‘HOCUS-PCOS’ floated by defeated gubernatorial candidate Robert “Ace” Barbers was recently put to rest with the dismissal of his election protest again…
Pamilya ng guro na namatay sa pagsisilbi sa nagdaang eleksiyon sa Surigao, humihingi ng tulong
HUMIHINGI ng tulong ang pamilya ng guro na namatay habang nagsilbi noong nakaraang eleksyon.
Itoý matapos nahulog sa sinasakyang single na motorsiklo habang dala-dala ang ballot box mula sa Mainit, Surigao del Norte papunta sana sa lungsod para sa pagpaabot ng resulta ng …
Comelec upholds poll victory of Cong. Romarate
The Second Division of the Commission On Election dismissed for lack of merit the petition filed by losing NP congressional bet in the last May 2010 elections, former Surigao City Mayor Alfonso Cassura to nullify election results by the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC)…
Dinagatnons hold mass protest, ask SC to reconsider Dinagat’s provincehood
Around two thousand Dinagatnons converged at San Jose town on Saturday afternoon, March 12 asking the Supreme Court (SC) justices to reconsider their decision in declaring “constitutional” the law creating the province of Dinagat Islands.
Armed with banners and streamers, o…
No sked yet for Surigao Norte special elections, says COMELEC-Caraga
The Commission on Elections Caraga regional office here today said they have not received order so far from Comelec central office Manila to conduct Surigao del Norte provincial special elections after Supreme Court issued an En Banc Notice dated January 11, 2011 signed and…
Electoral protests vs Romarate, Matugas, Egay dismissed
The Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed for lack of merit the election protest against three elected officials in Surigao del Norte.
The Comelec Second Division dismissed the petition to nullify election results filed by former officials o…
Commentary: It’s final, they’re out!
By Jun Almeda "The Smile". This should have been the title of my column this week. Why so? A smile can mean an infinite lot. Of the estimated 81 million tourists who visit Paris every year, at least 33 million of them go to the Louvre museum to see the most famous …
Coin tossing settles race for barangay chairman in Siargao
As two candidates for Barangay Chairman in Siargao Island garnered the same number of votes, election officials settled the race with a coin toss, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) reported. The two candidates — Godofredo Sajol and Apple Tiu — were running for the same…
Massive vote-buying in Surigao del Norte observed
Massive vote-buying also marred the Barangay and SK polls in Surigao del Norte. Reports reaching PIA showed that the going rate in a barangay in Surigao City was up to P500 per voter. A resident who requested anonymity said since Saturday, she received a total of P1,350.00. M…
SC says Dinagat Islands not a province anymore; Issues final entry of judgment
It’s final, the Supreme Court (SC) has finally recorded an Entry of Judgment to its decision dated February 10, 2010 nullifying a law that created the province of Dinagat Islands. In an interview, Atty. Victor Bernal, one of the 3 petitioners, said the entry of judgment was …
Sa Surigao: Nagpaparehistro sa nalalapit na SK Elections maliit lamang ang bilang ayon sa Comelec
INAMIN ng mga opisyal ng Commission on Elections sa Surigao City na maliit lamang ang bilang ng mga nagpaparehistro para sa nalalapit na eleksyon sa Sangguniang Kabataan. Ayon kay Remedios Bardon, ang Election Officer II ng COMELEC, kahit na deadline na kahapon sa mga nagpap…
Comelec set to buy 1,084 PCOS; 128 slated for Dinagat Islands Special Poll
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to purchase P52 million worth of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines equivalent to 1,084 units. It was earlier reported that the poll body would buy only 487 units for $4 million (approximately P189 million at $1 to P46) t…
Barbers claims operator offered e-fraud for P50M
Losing Surigao del Norte gubernatorial bet Robert "Ace" Barbers appeared before the House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms hearing on Monday to elevate his concerns regarding the recently concluded elections in his province. Barbers, who lost to his oppo…
'Altered’ compact flash cards were up for sale, bets claim
More stories of election irregularities cropped up during the resumption of the House investigation on alleged poll fraud, including selling of compact flash cards and even "ballot cutting." Defeated Surigao del Norte gubernatorial candidate and incumbent Gov. Ace …
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