On Nov. 8, 2023, candidates of the recently concluded Barangay Election filled the City Evacuation Gymnasium of Sto. Tomas, Batangas to join in the Unity Boodlefight, a program spearheaded by City Mayor Atty. Arth Jhun Aguilar Marasigan. The boodlefight is a thanksgiving for a peaceful and fast Barangay Election. According to…
BSKE Elections 2023: CandidatesScale Up Campaigning to Win
The campaigning in the recently concluded Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election (BSKE) has scaled up. I would say that it is comparable, and in some instances, more lavish, than campaigns at the city level. Gone are the trompa (horn loudspeakers) for showboats, enter the ear-splitting huge speakers with high wattage amplifiers powered by generators. Posting tarpaulins is no less extravagant. It’s a good thing COMELEC prohibited the use of campaign t-shirts and other giveaways. If not, they might also outdo city and provincial candidates. They even have grand motorcades even if their village has only less than five barangay roads.
Lavish campaigning in small barangays is overkill. In my opinion, campaigning in Barangay elections is man-to-man. More personal. In the community, everybody knows everyone, except for big barangays like Dau in Mabalacat City. The more relatives, the better. A good image and family backgroun
The proclamation of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) winners in Pangasinan’s 1,364 villages is now 100 percent done, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Pangasinan election supervisor lawyer Marino Salas said.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) did not encounter any problem during the opening of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) throughout the Central Visayas on Monday morning, October 30.
Starting Saturday, October 28, 2023, the Police Regional Office (PRO 7) will be on full alert status in preparation for Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan Elections on Monday, October 30, 2023, and the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day on November 1 and 2 or more commonly known as Undas.