With a voting population of just over 800, the special elections for five communities in Barangay (the village of) Gabi here could become one of the costliest, at least for the pockets of the candidates.
Police arrested on Saturday evening a village chief of a town in Batangas for violating the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Election during the campaign period.
A former barangay (village) official was shot dead behind the Himamaylan City Hall, about 82.9 kilometers south of this city, at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Himamaylan Mayor Agustin Ernesto Bascon said.
A Quezon City councilor sought the exemption of all barangay (village) chairmen in the city from the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), claiming that the village chiefs should be considered law enforcers exposed to dangerous criminals.
MORE than 2,500 families will soon have potable water for drinking and for their daily activities.
From 32 to 33 barangays (villages). The division of Barangay Canumay in Valenzuela City into two barangays was approved by the majority of residents in a plebiscite held on Saturday.
Some 2,000 families or about 10,000 people fled to the town center of Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao, following clashes between armed followers of two town village chiefs on Sunday.
The Ayala Alabang Village homeowner’s association will implement strict measures for leases of contract entered into by some residents starting this week as the village reels from the bad publicity generated from the discovery recently of three shabu laboratories inside the posh village.
Even those little-known barangay associations will not be spared the fine-tooth combs of State auditors.
AT least one barangay official dismissed the warning by the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) to reduce the medical and burial assistance it extends to barangays who failed to pay their dues.
Four delinquent barangays will no longer receive services from the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) in Cebu City unless they settle their dues which total P651,981.
THE Cebu City government embarked on yet another program, the Search for Mayor’s Environmental Award, to give recognition to barangays that performed well in carrying out the “Gubat sa Basura” and “No Segregation, No Collection” programs of Mayor Michael Rama.
CEBU City’s barangay captains were encouraged yesterday to submit their program of works and estimates (POWE) needed for their road concreting projects. Councilor Alvin Arcilla, at yesterday’s Association of Barangay Council (ABC) meeting, said the city government has to identify another P300 million to P400 million to make sure that all the city’s 80 barangay [...]
