Missing the boat: the barangay and SK polls

Posted by karlom87 on October 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Investigators are now saying that the Glorietta explosion could have been just an accident after all. In an amusing satire piece whose conclusion I do not really agree with, the Inquirer’s Neal Cruz replies: Glorietta bombing was a mistake, not an accident.And so all the wild speculations as to the real cause of the blast continues. But here’s an excerpt from a news report on “missing the boat,” as the cliché goes, that gave me the laughs the other day…

Candidate for village chief fills up wrong election form

By Chris Ligan,
Correspondent, Cebu Daily News
Tuesday, 23 October 2007

A barangay captain seeking a second term in office is running for the wrong position.

Mike Oceleasa, barangay captain of Day-As, Cebu City, has already started his campaign for his reelection bid. But election officials discovered yesterday that the certificate of candidacy (COC) he submitted last week was not for barangay captain, but for barangay councilor.

Marchel Sarno, election officer of Cebu City’s north district, said…the certificate could no longer be changed because the deadline for submission of COCs was on Oct. 18. For the Oct. 29 barangay elections, Ocleasa will be considered a candidate for the Day-as barangay council.

“He could have changed his status of candidacy before the deadline,” Sarno said.

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