Comelec identifies 2 election hotspots in NegOr ahead of May polls

Comelec identifies 2 election hotspots in NegOr ahead of May polls

DUMAGUETE CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has placed Guihulngan City and Basay town in Negros Oriental under heightened election hotspot categories, citing previous incidents of violence and intense political rivalries. Guihulngan City is classified under red category, the most critical level, due to past election-related violence, including the killing of a candidate. Basay town falls under the orange category, having experienced p…

The group held a program and a mass calling for a change in the system of the upcoming elections. It was led by former Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Usec. Eliseo Rio who insisted on the use of a hybrid system for the 2025 Midterm Elections. Rio wanted the counting of votes at the precincts to be made manual to ensure that they are legitimately counted and not votes dictated by the machine. There is also no need t…