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Marcos backs planned postponement of barangay, SK elections

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 09:43 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday backed the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in December, saying that the move is valid under the Constitution. Read more »

Marcos Jr. signs law postponing barangay, SK elections to 2023

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 11:46 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed the law postponing the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections to October 2023. Read more »

Comelec may rollout new voter's registration by Nov.

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 07:29 PM

By Comelec's estimate, he said, they could resume the voter's registration by the last week of November should the BSKE postponement push through. Read more »

Congress approves postponing barangay, SK elections

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 10:44 PM

Congress has approved proposed bills postponing the December 2022 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections to October 2023. Read more »

Comelec says nearly finished for BSKE preps this year

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:40 PM

Comelec Chairman George Garcia said their preparations are already at '80 percent.' Read more »

House panel OKs bill moving barangay, SK polls to 2023

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 04:22 PM

A House panel has approved the substitute bill seeking to postpone the synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections to 2023. Read more »

Imee twits colleagues over BSKE postponement dilemma

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 06:03 PM

Sen. Imee Marcos twitted some elective officials who allegedly 'promised' postponement to village officials during the recent campaign period. Read more »

Move to postpone barangay, SK polls 'abuse of power': lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 01:31 PM

A lawyer is hoping President Marcos Jr. vetoes the law postponing the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections if ever it reaches his desk. Read more »

Barangay, SK polls ballots printing to start September

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 06:19 PM

In a press release, Comelec said the printing of ballots would commence in September. Read more »

Comelec says no waste of funds if barangay, SK elections postponed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 03:57 PM

According to poll body, the P8.44-billion budget for the barangay and SK polls 'is still in the coffers of Comelec and remains unspent.' Read more »

Teachers' group renews push to defer classes to Sept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 12:14 PM

A group of teachers has asked Vice President and Education Secretary to defer the opening of classes to mid-September for them to have enough rest. Read more »

Pagpapaliban ng barangay polls kabilang sa maaaring prayoridad ng Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 08:01 PM

Ang pagpapaliban ng barangay elections ay para umano makatipid at mapondohan ang panibagong COVID-19 stimulus package. Read more »

Lawyer denies poll postponement plea meant to extend Duterte term

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 11:04 AM

A lawyer whose coalition is seeking the postponement of next year's polls denied Monday that his group's petition was intended to keep President Rodrigo Duterte in office. Read more »

Comelec urged to postpone 2022 elections

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 07:12 PM

A group calling itself Coalition for Life and Democracy on Friday filed a petition at the Comelec seeking to postpone the May 2022 elections. Read more »

Solon seeks to postpone 2022 barangay, SK polls

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 07:19 PM

In his explanatory note, Davao Oriental 2nd District Rep. Mayo Almario cited the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason for his proposal. Read more »

Bill postponing Bangsamoro polls now up for Duterte nod

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 06:40 PM

The bill is now expected to be transmitted to Malacañang for President Rodrigo Duterte's approval or veto. Read more »

PBA: League postpones Blackwater vs Phoenix game due to COVID-19 protocols

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 08:54 PM

The Philippine Basketball Association postponed Saturday's game between Blackwater and Phoenix to a latter date to follow the league's COVID-19 safety protocols. Read more »

POC hopes Vietnam to push through with SEA Games this November

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 06:38 PM

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is hoping that Vietnam will push through with the 31st Southeast Asian Games in November. Read more »

Amid postponement talk, SEA Games must go on, says PH Olympic body head

Manolo Pedralvez
Updated as of Jun 09 08:57 AM

Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said he would want the Vietnam Games to continue later this year. Read more »

Olympics: 'We cannot postpone again,' Tokyo 2020 boss says of COVID gloom

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 07:29 PM

TOKYO - The head of Japan's Olympics organising committee ruled out on Thursday another suspension of the Games, despite deep disquiet at the prospect of thousands of athletes and officials arriving during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. Read more »