Judge, wife file complaint for vote-buying in IBP

Judge, wife file complaint for vote-buying in IBP

MANILA, Philippines — A retired judge and his wife in Naga City have filed a vote-buying complaint before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) after they received “voter education” ID cards that they were told could be surrendered to barangay officials in exchange for P1,000 in cash. In a joint affidavit submitted to the IBP and referred to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), former Naga Regional Trial Court Judge Soliman Santos Jr. an…

Man nabbed for vote buying

A man was arrested for alleged involvement in vote buying in Bacong, Negros Oriental on Saturday.

Man yields P35,000 cash, sample ballots in Negros Oriental checkpoint

BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old man was arrested after envelopes allegedly containing cash and sample ballots were found in his possession in a checkpoint on Burgos St., Barangay Lutao, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Saturday, May 10.The suspect, Romnick, a resident of Barangay Combado, Bacong, was driving a motorcycle when he was flagged down by the police for not wearing a helmet.**media[11008]**A 36-year-old man was arrested in a police checkpoint f…

Suspected vote-buyer arrested at NegOr checkpoint

By Mary Judaline Partlow RED-HANDED. The police conduct an inventory of the evidence seized from a man arrested for alleged vote-buying in Barangay Lutaw, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Saturday (May 10, 2025). Sample ballots with cash were recovered inside his motorcycle’s U-box. (Photo courtesy of Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region) DUMAGUETE CITY – A man was arrested at a checkpoint in Bacong town, Negros Oriental, on Saturday afternoon …