NDBC BANTAY HALALAN 2023

TACURONG CITY - Kandidato sa pagkabarangay kagawad ng Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur, patay sa pamamaril kahapon sa Pres. Quirino, Sultan Kudarat.

Kinilala ng Pres. Quirino PNP sa pamumuno ni Maj. Davis Dulawan ang biktima na si Tayan Mamalinta, United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) chapter head sa Barangay Pandag, Pandag, Maguindanao Sur.

Naganap ang pamamaril sa national highway sa Pres. Quirino.

Ayon sa PNP, nagmamaneho ng kanyang motosiklo si Mamalinta nang maganap ang ambush kahapon ng hapon.

MANILA – A permanent group, not just an ad hoc committee, will now look into vote buying and selling reports ahead of the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Ernesto Ferdinand Maceda Jr. said poll violations will not be business as usual with the newly formed team.

COTABATO CITY - MAGKAKAROON na ng Maguindanao Del Sur at Maguindanao del Norte kasunod ng pagkapanalo ng “YES” sa ginanap na plebisito kahapon sa Maguindanao.

Batay sa official canvassing result, 706,558 voters o 99.27% ang nagsabi ng “yes” sa tanong kung papayag ba silang hatiin ang lalawigan ng Maguindanao sa dalawang hiwalay na probinsya batay sa nakasaad sa Republic Act No. 11550?”

Kabuuang 5,209 voters – o katumbas ng 0.73% – ang nagsabi naman ng “no.”

Ang voter turnout ay 86.93%.

COTABATO CITY – Canvassing of votes at of the recently concluded plebiscite in Maguindanao has been deferred until Sunday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) head said.

Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia told reporters the Provincial Board Of Canvassers convened to commence the canvassing but it was immediately suspended as the plebiscite certificate of canvass has yet to arrive.

“The provincial board of canvassers just opened the documents and counting will start Sunday morning,” Garcia said in a press briefing posted by inquirer.net.

Maagang nagsara ang botohan sa malayong sitio ng Datu Blah Sinsuat, Maguindanao dahil halos 100% ng mga residente doon ay nakaboto na.

Ayon kay DBS town chief PLt. Conrad Rimando, napagpasyahang ibyahe ng mas maaga ang mga balota dahil sa layo ng lugar na aabutin pa ng ilang oras bago makarating sa kapitolyo.

COTABATO CITY  – Commission on Elections Regional Director for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Atty. Ray Sumalipao said the turnout of voters in today’s plebiscite in Maguindanao is about 60 to 70 percent.

“As of 12 noon, the turnout was at 56 percent so until 3 p.m. when voting closes, we expected between 60 to 70 percent,” Atty. Sumalipao said at 2 p.m.

“Generally peaceful, no single election related violence was reported as per Army and police officials statement,” Atty. Sumalipao said.

Police officers accompany members of Plebcom (Plebiscite committee) in transporting election paraphernalia to North Kabuntalan, Maguindanao before the balloting started at 7 a.m. Saturday.

PRO-BAR shared images.

COTABATO CITY - More than one after voting starts, some areas in Maguindanao are filled with voters while other voting centers remain empty or have few voters coming in.

Radio DXMS reported that in Bugawas Elementary School in Barangay Bugawas, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, a huge crowd have showed up queueing and waiting for their turn to cast votes.

The National Movement for Free Elections reported low turnout in some schools in Buluan, Maguindanao as shown in this image below.

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday reminded Filipinos eligible to vote in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls in December to go to their local poll body offices and sign up beginning next week.

In an advisory posted on its Facebook page, the Comelec said the Office of the Election Officer (OEO) in the respective districts, cities, and municipalities will be ready to accept applications for registration starting Monday (July 2) up to July 23.

MANILA – Winning national and local candidates in the May 9 elections have until November to file their Statements of Contribution and Expenditures (SOCE).

In a statement Wednesday, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Education and Information Department (EID) director James Jimenez said the poll body's Resolution No. 10505 allows winning bets in last month’s polls to file their SOCEs within six months after proclamation.