MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it would use the ballots printed for the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) for the polls reset to Oct. 30 this year. Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco, in a statement Friday, said the Commission en banc has approved the use of these ballots for six regions and one province. "In its regular meeting held last Wednesday, February 15, 2023, the Commission on Elections en banc resolved to approve the following action points in relation to the forthcoming electoral exercise, particularly October 30, 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE): To authorize for use in the 2023 BSKE the official ballots which have already been printed using the old layout in relation to the postponed and rescheduled December 5, 2022 BSKE," Laudiangco said. "Official Ballots for the foregoing areas were printed first in consideration of the time it will take to verify, pack and ship them to their
REGISTRATION. Residents of Pandan town, Antique province avail of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) SIM card registration on Feb. 10, 2023. NTC Legal Officer Deo Virgil Tan said Tuesday (Feb. 14, 2023) that they will be conducting three more facilitated SIM card registration on Feb. 15 to 17 in the towns of San Remigio, Valderrama and Barbaza.(PNA photo courtesy of NTC 6) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will conduct three more facilitated subscriber identity module (SIM) registrations in remote areas of Antique province. NTC Legal Officer Deo Virgil Tan, in a press conference Tuesday afternoon here, said the facilitated SIM registration will be held in the municipality of San Remigio on Feb. 15; Valderrama, Feb. 16; and Barbaza, Feb.17. "The facilitated SIM registration is being conducted in the priority areas where the signal is erratic and the cellular sites are limited," Tan said. Through the facilitated reg
MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said it has printed over 50 percent of the more than 90 million officials' ballots for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), with over eight months before the polls. Based on the poll body's data, a total of 45,373,628 ballots have been printed by the National Printing Office (NPO) out of a total of 90,613,426 ballots. Of the number, a total of 32,975,599 ballots have been printed of the 66,973,949 ballots required for the village polls. Meanwhile, the Commission said a total of 12,398,029 out of the 23,639,477 ballots for the SK polls have already been printed. It added that the ballots that have already been printed are for the following regions Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Caraga, Soccsksargen, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Western Visayas and Batanes province in Cagayan Valley. The areas that have yet to be printe
Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco (File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Friday that official ballots for four regions and one province have already been printed which would be used in the October Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said these ballots for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Caraga, Soccsksargen, Davao Region and the province of Batanes. "Per update of the printing committee, 15 percent of the projected ballot quantities have been printed," he said in a message to reporters. The poll body official added that the number will increase based on the hearings to be conducted next month by the Election Registration Board (ERB) on the applications for registration that have been submitted by voter applicants. "These are projected figures as the final quantity will be determined after the conduct of the Election Registration Board Hearings come Februa
SIM REGISTRATION. Ilocos Norte residents register their SIM cards during the pilot rollout of the SIM registration at the Pasuquin Gymnasium on Wednesday (Jan. 25, 2023). Assisted SIM card registration is being pilot tested in 15 locations nationwide until Jan. 27, 2023. (PIA Ilocos Norte photo) LAOAG CITY - The National Telecommunications Commission-Ilocos Region (NTC-1) on Thursday urged residents to take advantage of the assisted SIM registration which was rolled out in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte on Wednesday, in compliance with the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act. NTC-1 legal officer Ana Minelle Maningding in a media forum said failure to register before the April 26 deadline will mean the automatic deactivation of their SIM cards. The NTC, in collaboration with public telecommunications entities (PTEs), is leading the registration to aid the Philippine National Police and other law enforcement authorities in curbing rising electronic communication-aided criminal acti