Comelec Regional Director Dennis Ausan, Diocesan Electoral Board convenor Msgr. Julius Heruela, and Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia (l-r) attend
Fr. Leonardo Tan, Siquijor coordinator for the Diocesan Electoral Board (left), and Lawyer Eliseo Labaria, Comelec-Siquijor provincial election supervisor-designate. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Siquijor ordered the police and the military to step up security measures on the island-province amid increasing intense political rivalry two weeks ahead of the May 9 elections. Lawyer Eliseo Labaria, Comelec-Siquijor provincial election supervisor-designate, on Tuesday said his office is awaiting the declaration of all six towns on the island as areas of concern under the yellow classification. The six towns that comprise the province are Siquijor, Maria, San Juan, Lazi, Enrique Villanueva, and Maria. "I had to recommend the entire island because the intense political rivalry is among opposing members of the same family gunning for governor," Labaria said He presented the recommendation on Monday during the Central Visayas
APPEAL. (From left to right) Comelec Regional Director Dennis Ausan, Diocesan Electoral Board convenor Msgr. Julius Heruela, and Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia attend a peace covenant signing in Negros Oriental on Monday (April 25, 2022). Garcia appealed for public understanding of the glitches encountered by some users of Comelec's recently activated online precinct finder. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday appealed for understanding from the electorate on the poll body's recently activated online precinct finder for registered voters which showed glitches for some users. Commissioner George Erwin Garcia made the appeal during a peace covenant signing here prior to the final meeting of the Central Visayas Regional Joint Security Control Center (RJSCC). "The precinct finder was just activated last Friday but due to scores of people immediately using it, certain problems were detected but