Marcos eyes barangay and SK polls in January or February 2023

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 06:11:24 +0000

The May 2020 barangay and SK elections could be postponed and instead be held either January or February 2023, a senator said.

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Suspicion over armed gov’t agents sparks people power at Iloilo village

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 12:35:10 +0000

Screenshots of the two men who were accosted and briefly held by officials and residents of Barangay Bito-on in Jaro District in Iloilo City after they went to the house of a leader of a militant urban poor organization (Contributed photos)

Officials and residents of a village here on Sunday (July 4) accosted and briefly detained two armed men believed to be targeting a leader of a militant urban poor organization.

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Bong Go to push for extension of incumbent barangay, SK terms

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:15:50 +0000

LUCENA CITY –– Senator-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Wednesday declared that he would push for the extension of the terms of office of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). In an interview with journalists here, Go said he would file a bill that would reset the scheduled barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections from 2020 […]

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Cavite barangay gives kilo of rice in exchange for kilo of plastic

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 11:17:32 +0000

In a bid to encourage their residents to dispose of their waste properly, a barangay in Silang, Cavite came up with a project of giving the locals a kilogram of rice in exchange for a kilogram of plastic.

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Koko wants barangay officials declared as regular gov’t employees

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:24:29 +0000

Koko wants barangay officials declared as regular gov't employees

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has filed a bill that seeks to declare barangay officials as regular government employees.

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