Published February 11, 2021, 1:15 PM
The campaign period for the March 13, 2021 Palawan Plebiscite has officially started.
In Resolution No.10687, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) set the Information and Campaign Period from Feb. 11 to March 11,2021. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Prohibited acts during the Information and Campaign Period are the removing, destroying, or tampering of lawful plebiscite propaganda; appointment or hiring of new employees, creation of new positions filling of new positions, or giving of salary increases, remuneration, or privileges; construction of public works, delivery of materials for public works, and issuance of treasury warrants or similar devices; release, disbursement, or expenditures of public funds; raising of funds, thru dances, lotteries, cockfights, etc.; and use of armored/land water/aircraft.
(Photo by Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The Comelec said the conduct of the plebiscite will help them prepare for next year’s polls especially amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
“The Palawan plebiscite is not really held as a dry run for 2022. We are conducting this because Congress passed a law proposing the division of Palawan into three areas. However, because of the COVID-19 situation…we are implementing safety and security measures for the Palawan plebiscite that could help us plan and prepare for the 2022 elections,” Comelec Commissioner Antonio T. Kho Jr., the commissioner-in-charge of the plebiscite, said in a virtual press briefing Thursday, Feb. 11.
Closed to trucks starting Feb. 20
Trucks and trailers will be banned from crossing the Nagtahan Flyover in Manila starting February 20 to avoid further damage and potential accidents on the structure that is already lined up for repair, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced Thursday. The agency said light vehicles can still use the bridge, based on the recommendation of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
P3.32-M calamity loan released to Marinduque electricity distributor
STATE-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has extended a P3.32-million calamity loan to Marinduque Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Marelco) after it was hit by two typhoons last year, the agency said on Tuesday. In a press release, NEA said Marelco has received the calamity loan as of end-January. The loan is intended to help the electric cooperative restore power lines damaged by Typhoon Quinta (international name: Molave) and Super Typhoon Rolly (international
(Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
In a statement dated February 5, San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, vice chair of the CBCP-National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace, said they are one with the call of the civil society organizations, the local Catholic Churches in Taytay and Puerto Princesa, and the people of Palawan to “re-examine the scientific, cultural and moral foundations of the law, above all economic and political gains of the proponents and their business allies – so that what happened at least 20 years ago when we opened up Palawan forests to extractive industries, will not happen again in the globally-significant island ecosystem.”