6 charged for violating election law

MABALACAT — Six persons here were arrested due to alleged violation of the Omnibus Election Code. (more)

Missing names, other complaints noted at Mabalacat polls

MABALACAT — The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections were generally peaceful but complaints about voters’ missing names, candidates entering and staying for unnecessary period of time, and related concerns were also reported, an election official here said. (more)

Barangay, SK polls in Pampanga generally peaceful: police

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Despite the “heat” involved in the highly contested positions in the village level, the holding of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in Pampanga remained peaceful, according to Police Provincial Director Keith Ernald Singian. (more)

Comelec designates common poster area in Dau

MABALACAT — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has designated common poster areas in Barangay Dau, this town. (more)

Poll body stops ballot boxes’ transfer to Manila

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered the provincial Comelec executive to stop the transfer to Manila of ballot boxes for the 4,847 precincts in the province in connection with the electoral protest of gubernatorial bet and former board member Lilia “Baby” Pineda. (more)

Recount of Pampanga votes starts soon

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The incumbent provincial leadership seems to be rocked by a series of blows – the latest being the retrieval of ballot boxes for the slated recount of votes for the 4,847 precincts in the province. (more)

Poll body applied ‘wrong rule’ on ballot recount: lawyer

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — A lawyer of Pampanga Governor Eddie Panlilio claimed the governor’s motion for reconsideration against a recount of ballots based on the protest filed by losing gubernatorial candidate Lilia Pineda should have been resolved by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc and not the Comelec Second Division, which applied the […]

Disqualification case v. Mabalacat mayor junked

A DISQUALIFICATION case lodged by a supporter of a losing Mabalacat mayoral candidate Anthony Dee in the past congressional and local elections against Mayor Marino Morales was dismissed for lack of merit. (more)

Court junks poll protest v. Morales

THE Regional Trial Court (RTC) has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by losing Mabalacat mayoralty candidate Anthony Dee on the election case against Mayor Marino Morales. (more)

Bautista: The Trillanes vote

NOW that the Senate has formally been organized with the election of its president and other officers, it is expected to go about its legislative work. (more)

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