Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Negros Oriental Comelec provincial election supervisor-designate. (PNA file photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental is urging the youth and other individuals to sign up starting July 4 for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections this year. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, the Comelec-Negros Oriental provincial election supervisor designate, on Monday said his office is awaiting the official communication from their central office. "I have already directed the election officers to conduct an inventory of the registration forms and inspect whether the voter's registration machines are working to ensure a smooth flow by July 4," Castillano said. He called on the youth aged 15 to 18 to exercise their right of suffrage by voting in the coming SK polls. Individuals 18 and above who have not registered yet are urged to do so. Castillano also reminded the people that those
BALLOT BOXES. The Commission on Elections in Negros Oriental has started the inventory of ballot boxes to be used in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Dec. 5, 2022. The Comelec will request for new ones in the event of unserviceable ballot boxes (shown in photo). (File photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental has started the inventory of ballot boxes to be used in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections this coming December, a key official here said Tuesday. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec-Negros Oriental provincial election supervisor-designate, told the Philippine News Agency that he has directed the election officers (EOs) to begin the inventory of the ballot boxes to determine which are still in good condition and serviceable. "I gave the directive last Thursday for the EOs to coordinate with the treasurers in the towns and cities where they are assigned to inventory these yell
SOCE FILING. A candidate for councilor of Dumaguete City files his Statement of Contribution and Expenses (SOCEs) with the Commission on Elections. The poll body said nine candidates in Negros Oriental and four in Dumaguete City failed to meet the deadline for filing on June 8. (Photo courtesy of Comelec-Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY - Nine candidates who sought various elective positions in the May 9 polls in Negros Oriental and four from here have failed to file their Statements of Contribution and Expenses (SOCEs) on June 8, the deadline set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec records showed that at the provincial level, those who failed to submit their SOCEs were Aldo Munoz for vice governor; Acer Estrella and Karen Estrella, for House of Representatives, 3rd district; Eric Jabel and Jorame Andalajao, 1st district board member; and Franklin Culanag, Renz Macion, Bonbon Legaspi, and Tynee Teves, for 2nd district board member. In Dumaguete, those who have not filed th
PARALLEL COUNT. The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting in Negros Oriental continues to gather the fourth copies of the election returns from the May 9 polls. The local PPCRV is facing a dilemma as 120 out of the 1,471 clustered polling precincts have not yet released the ERs. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) here is appealing to teachers from 120 polling precincts to release the fourth copy of the election returns (ER) from Monday's polls for parallel counting by the citizen's arm. Msgr. Julius Perpetuo S. Heruela, lead convenor of the Diocesan Electoral Board of the Diocese of Dumaguete, the umbrella group of the PPCRV and the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), told the Philippine News Agency on Friday that 120 polling precincts still have not yet given the fourth copy to them. These precincts are in Bindoy, Siaton, San Jose, Pamplona, Bais City, Jimalalud, Zamboanguita, Valencia
Comelec-Negros Oriental provincial election supervisor-designate lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano. (PNA file photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental does not have the authority to transfer the votes earned by a nuisance candidate, who has been disqualified from the elections to the legitimate poll bet. In an interview on Thursday, lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec-Negros Oriental provincial election supervisor, made the clarification amid complaints and verifications from some quarters on the defeat of incumbent Gov. Roel Degamo in the May 9 elections. Degamo (Nacionalista Party) lost to Bayawan City Mayor Pryde Henry Teves (Nationalist People's Coalition) by 19,546 votes. The incumbent chief executive earned 281,773 votes while the Bayawan mayor earned 301,319 votes, records at the provincial Comelec here showed. Degamo's camp, however, said the incumbent governor is the rightful winner if the votes of a nuisa