A THIRD-TERM barangay chairman who earlier filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for the October 25 village elections has withdrawn his bid Friday before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cagayan de Oro City.

Village chief Carmelito Damo of Barangay Indahag said he filed his candidacy last October 1 based on an order from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila that he has not fully served his term after he was suspended for 90 days sometime in February 2002 for administrative case.

However, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Northern Mindanao issued a list of those third-termer barangay chairmen who are no longer qualified to run last September 30. Read rest of story

CEBU CITY — A Commission on Elections (Comelec) official said Friday that there is no assurance the barangay and youth elections on October 25 will be free from brownouts.

Just in case, Comelec-Central Visayas Assistant Director Veronico Petalcorin urged the public and candidates to bring emergency lamps or flashlights to their polling places, as outages during the elections may occur.

In previous barangay elections, the voting ended at 3 p.m. but the counting stretched until evening.

Officials from Comelec, Department of Energy, Philippine National Police and different power suppliers and distributors met Friday to discuss preparations for the elections.

Scarce power also means parched communities.

An official of Metro Cebu’s main water distributor said the rotational brownouts earlier this week have affected their overall water production. Read rest of story