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DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, May 10 (PIA) -- Incumbent Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Remollo was re-elected as local chief executive of the city while his running mate Maisa Sagarbarria was elected as the new vice mayor after they were proclaimed winners in this year’s elections by the city Board of Canvassers (BOC).     At 3:30 a.m. today, the BOC announced the winners of the local elections at the Canvassing Center inside the City Hall.    Also proclaimed were two members of the city council lineup who won in this year’s polls, namely retired police general Rey Lyndon Lawas and Atty. Karissa Faye Tolentino who stepped in as vice mayor after the death of former Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova who passed away on May 30, 2021.   Remollo won by 35,744 votes against his closest rival, incumbent 2 nd  district Board Member Estanislao Alviola who got 32,382 votes.    Other candidates for the mayoral race, namely, Aurelio Ramirez and Rene Ledesma, got 319...

PNP Provincial Director PCol. Germano Mallari and Commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army BGen. Leonardo Peña     give their assessment on the conduct of elections in Negros Oriental in an interview at the PNP Provincial Headquarters in Sibulan, this province.  (RAL/PIA7 Negros Oriental)  DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, May 9 (PIA) -- The conduct of the elections in Negros Oriental has been generally peaceful so far, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP) here.     As of this writing, no untoward incidents that could mar the elections have been reported to PNP and the Philippine Army (PA).    “ So far, wala tayong nare-receive na report na yung hinarangan na hindi makakaboto. Para sa amin generally peaceful. Nagbunga pod ang series of coordination, mga plano. So karon puro implementation sa plans. So far okay ang resulta   (So far, we haven’t received any reports about intimidation preventing a person to cas...

Bishop Julito Cortes of the Diocese of Dumaguete blesses the volunteers of the Diocesan Eletoral Board (DEB) and their command center inside the Marian Priests Center of the  Dumaguete Cathedral during its launching ceremony held May 8, 2022. (RAL/PIA7 Negros Oriental)  DUMAGUETE   CITY, Negros Oriental, May 8 (PIA) -- The Diocesan Electoral Board (DEB) of the Diocese of Dumaguete has formally opened its command center at the Marian Priests Center, Cathedral Compound here where DEB personnel will monitor the situation on the ground.    Diocese of Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes led the blessing of the DEB Command Center today, witnessed by members of different agencies and organizations comprising the electoral board.    The command center will have a designated area for receiving reports from Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) volunteers who will monitor election-related incidents in polling centers and precincts, another area for r...

CEBU CITY, Cebu, May 7 (PIA) -- Ang Commission on Elections Region 7 (COMELEC-7) mipasidaan sa tanang mga botante sa mga butang nga dili angay buhaton ug uban pang mga pahimangno alang sa umaabot nga adlaw sa piniliay karong Mayo 9. Sa programang "Kasikas sa Barangay" sa DYRF Radio Fuerza niadtong Mayo 6, si Atty. Ferdinand G.S. Gujilde, ang regional spokesperson sa COMELEC-7, mibatbat sa mga butang nga wala gitugutan nga buhaton sulod sa mga nagkadaiyang presinto sa adlaw sa eleksyon. Matod ni Gujilde, labing una sa listahan sa mga ginadili mao ang paggamit sa mga selpon sama sa pagkuha og mga hulagway, kung diin dili pwede makuhaan og litrato ang mga balota sa mga botante o unsa mang higayon nga anaa sila sulod sa mga presinto. Gipadayag usab sa tigpamaba sa ahensya nga striktong ginadili sa tukmang adlaw sa piniliay ang unsa mang klaseng buluhaton nga may kalambigitan sa pagpangampanya sa mga kandidato o partido kay kini kalapasan sa gi mando nga mga  election guidelines. ...

SIBULAN, Negros Oriental, May 7 (PIA) -- More than 3, 000 security and law enforcement personnel have been deployed to different areas in the province to provide security during the May 9 polls.   A simultaneous send-off ceremony was held at Camp Francisco I. Fernandez in Sibulan on May 6 where Msgr. Julius Heruela, lead convener of the Diocesan Electoral Board (DEB) of the Diocese of Dumaguete, blessed the troops.   Of the total number of security force, 2,048 are from the Philippine National Police (PNP), 1,100 from the Philippine Army (PA), 400 from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and 79 from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).    This includes the augmentation force from their respective regional offices.    Heads of the said agencies also committed to deploy their mobile assets to enhance their security response operations.    PNP Negros Oriental Provincial Police Director PCol. Germano Mallari said part of their deployment are 66 mob...

COMELEC Commissioner George Erwin Garcia (with mic) says the poll body may release the list of the 104 places identified as Areas of Concern in the early part of May, before the actual conduct of elections. He said this in a press conference with officials of the Regional Joint Security Coordinating Center (RJSCC-7) held at PNP Provincial Heaquarters, Agan-an, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on April 25, 2022. (KAT/PIA7 Negros Oriental) SIBULAN, Negros Oriental, April 27 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have yet to place any part of Negros Oriental under “Areas of Concern" (AOC) in view of the upcoming polls. COMELEC Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said they still could not give an exact figure and specific details on the number of AOCs in the province as the COMELEC Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security Concerns (CBSFC) together with the two agencies tasked to provide security on Elec...

SIBULAN, Negros Oriental, April 26 (PIA) -- Political candidates in Negros Oriental renewed their commitment to uphold the integrity of the electoral process with the signing of the Covenant for Clean, Honest, Accurate, Meaningful, and Peaceful (CHAMP) elections. The ceremonial signing was held at the provincial headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on April 25 with the presence of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia, PBGen. Eduardo Roque Vega PNP Regional Office (PRO-7), and LTG. Robert Dauz, commander of the Visayas Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Prominent political figures in Negros Oriental including incumbent Governor and re-electionist Roel Degamo, incumbent 3rd District Representative and re-electionist Arnie Teves, incumbent Vice-Governor and gubernatorial aspirant Mark Macias, vice-gubernatorial candidate Erwin Macias, 2nd district representative candidate George Arnaiz, and other candidates for the board mem...

SIBULAN, Negros Oriental, April 26 (PIA) -- Political candidates in Negros Oriental renewed their commitment to uphold the integrity of the electoral process with the signing of the Covenant for Clean, Honest, Accurate, Meaningful, and Peaceful (CHAMP) elections. The ceremonial signing was held at the provincial headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on April 25 with the presence of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia, PBGen. Eduardo Roque Vega PNP Regional Office (PRO-7), and LTG. Robert Dauz, commander of the Visayas Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Prominent political figures in Negros Oriental including incumbent Governor and re-electionist Roel Degamo, incumbent 3rd District Representative and re-electionist Arnie Teves, incumbent Vice-Governor and gubernatorial aspirant Mark Macias, vice-gubernatorial candidate Erwin Macias, 2nd district representative candidate George Arnaiz, and other candidates for the board mem...