by magnolia_eic | Oct 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News
GIPASALIG sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) nga walay iproklama nga “multiple termers” bisan
pag sila ang midaug sa piliay sa barangay ug Sangguniang Kabataan (SK).
Tini samtang gimandu sa Comelec ngadto sa mga opisyal nga nagpadagan sa piniliay nga I-suspenso
una ang proklamasyon sa mga kandidatong nalista sa gitawag og overstaying kay nakahuman na sa
tulo ka termino subay sa balaod.
Kon may makalusot, matud sa Comelec, ang midaug nga nmagsilbi sa ika upat ka termino, isipon
kining walay epekto samtang mag-atubang sa kiha administratibo ang mga opisyal nga dili motuman
sa mandu sa Comelec.
Kini samtang gibutyag na ni Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo ang 4,433 ka barangay kapitan nga dili
na makahimo pagdagan kay molapas na sa tulo ka termino ang ilang pagpangalagad.
Segun sa balaod, dili mahimo sa usa ka barangay official sa paglingkod sa pwesto labaw sa tulo ka
nagsumnod nga termino sa samang posisyon. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 29, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
Many of Bohol polling prescincts fail to open up on time as election paraphernalia arrived late and
some of these election materials were still apparently en route from the city as of 8:00 AM.
This even as Commission on Election (Comelec) in Manila reportedly completed the delivery of
election paraphernalia as early as 2:00 PM of October 24, 2010.
In Bohol, many of such materials however arrived this 4:00 AM on election day, and apparently
couldn’t make it in time for the supposed simultaneous poll opening at 7:00 AM.
Bohol Comelec Supervisor Eliseo Labaria, in radio intervies confirmed earlier monitoring reports that
polls in some areas may be delayed.
Media reported that poll officials were still gathered at the municipal hall in several towns as late as
6:00 AM to pick their poll paraphernalia.
With the arrival of poll materials at 4:00, Labaria added that these have to be sent to the sent to the
different towns as immediately as they can.
In a radio interview at around 6:00 AM, Atty Labaria said that there were instances where some
election paraphernalia inluding supplies were already delivered but the ballots were delivered in
batches and some of them were delayed.
According to Malou Cempron of the local provincial COMELEC, the materials that arrived at 4:00 PM
were the latest of the batch which would be used duirng the local polls.
She added that the Bohol Comelec office prepared vehicles to dispatch the remaining paraphernalia
to the towns at 4:00 am so the polls could open as scheduled. She however could not discount that
fact that the materials may still be enroute as several poll centers open at 7:00.
Meanwhile, Atty Labaria added that all polling precincts that fail to start on time can extend up to
5:00 PM, to make up for the lost time. (PIABOhol)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 29, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
BALLOTS deliberately marked for purposes of countersigns (contrasenyas) can be considered null and
void.
On this, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Bohol warns vote buyers and voters trooping to
the polls in Bohol’s 1109 barangays on Monday against wasting their votes on scrupulous practices
that challenge the integrity of elections.
In the country known for its fraudulent manual polls, candidates instruct their “paid” voters to strictly
follow markers so that the buyers can track specific votes read during canvassing from his materlist
of assigned countersigns.
Marked ballots, or as the Board of Election Tellers (BET) agree that it is deliberately put by the voter
for idetification purposes it make the ballot null and void.
Provincial Election supervisor Atty Eliseo Labaria, citing the General Instructions for BET and
Barangay Board of Canvassers in connection with the 2010 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan
elections also reiterated this.
The ruling is to prevent voters from putting up the “contrasenyas” or a practice of deliberately
marking ballots in manual elections to assure the candidates that the votes read belongs to a voter
he has bribed, explains a teacher who used to be a BET member in the past manual polls.
These marks however do not include commas, dots, lines or hyphens, accidental flourishes, strokes
or strains in a ballot, rule 22 of section 211 of the Omnibus Election Code.
While it may be considered that a typical writer’s mistakes can be manifest in the ballot, clearly
marking them would invalidate the whole ballot, not just the vote in favor of the name of the
candidate, a recap from the general instructions show.
The BET however should decide and agree if the marks are such to be considered strong enough to
be considered rejected.
The cardinal rule however is to consider the ballot valid and in favor of the voter, but the Comelec
has allowed the BET independence in the ballot appreciation, Comelec Genereal Instructions said.
According to the rules, names of candidates printed and pasted on a blank space of the ballot or
affixed there on a mechanical process would also be deemed null and void.
This would then render the whole ballot null and void. (PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 29, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TWO Bohol towns are P2 million pesos richer after the Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG) rewards them for their good performance in governance.
The honor also goes to Bohol for being the only province with two town winners among the 15
innovative local government units in governance.
Obtaining for each, a seal of good housekeeping for local government units are Catigbian and
Balilihan towns.
Both are also reportedly included in the DILG’s first 100 days accomplishment report to President
Benigno Simeon Aquino.
Catigbian and Balililihan were last categorized as fourth class towns, or are among those whose
average income is less than P30 million.
The Bohol towns are among the 15 LGUs picked for this year’s awards, which also include Anilao
in Iloilo; Balete in Aklan; Clarin in Misamis Occidental; Damulog, in Bukidnon; Datu Paglas in
Maguindanao.
Leon B. Postigo of Zamboanga del Norte; Mobo of Masbate; Naawan of Misamis Oriental; Pitogo of
Quezon Province; San Agustin of Surigao del Sur; Santol of La Union; Sto. Domingo of Albay and
Tampilisan town of Zamboanga del Norte.
Earlier, the DILG put up the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) to motivate local government units
further in their efforts to excel in governance.
Winners would be judged according to the Local Governance Performance Management System,
which has become a guide for LGUs to complete their state of local governance report and the state
of development report.
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo as cited in reports said 15 LGUs successfully obtained the seal of
good housekeeping – meaning they exhibited strong performance in key areas of governance – and
received P2 million each.
He said the seal of good housekeeping was completed and is currently used to identify LGUs
that exhibit strong performance in the key governance areas of planning, fiscal management,
transparency and accountability and value performance monitoring, he was quoted by Philstar.
Recently, Robredo again encouraged local government officials to disclose their local budget and
finances in an effort to promote greater accountability and transparency in their fund utilization and
financial transactions. (PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 23, 2010 | Headlines, National News, Weather Coverage
ANG mga opisyal sa National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)
nangandam na sa ilang mga contingency measures sa pag-abot sa usa na usab ka
posibleng bagyo nga ‘Katring’.
Sa usa ka radio interview, si NDRRMC executive director Benito Ramos ni ingon nga anaa
pa sila sa red alert status karon human sa pagbiya sa bagyong ‘Juan” ug nangandam sa
posibleng pag-abot ni ‘Katring’ sa mosunod nga mga adlaw.
Matud pa ni Ramos nga sa bagyong ‘Juan’, nakapangandam usab sila tungod sa padayong
pagpagawas og updates sa status niini sa Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) nga nakatabang usab og daku sa mga lokal
nga opisyal sa pagpangandam.
Kini usab nahimo tungod sa pagpalihok ni President Benigno Aquino III sa nagkalain-laing
ahensya sa kagamhanan sa pagpangandam sa pag-abot sa bagyong Juan.
Dugang pa ni Ramos nga gi alerto nila ang publiko 72 ka oras sa wala pa ni abot ang
bagyong Juan sa amihanang Luzon sayo ning semanaha. (PIA)
