VOTERS FOR B.S.K. POLLS TO RESUME JAN

FOLLOWING the recent official postponement of the 2020 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election, the Commission on Elections is set to resume voter registration next month. “It is initially set on January [2020] so we have couple more weeks to prepare for that,” Comelec Spokesman James B. Jimenez said. From August 1 to September 30, the Comelec was able to register 3,082,396 new voters, which was higher than the poll body’s target of 2,030,630. Last Tuesday, President Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11462, which reset the conduct of the May 11, 2020, BSKE to December 5, 2022.