Celeste Anna Formoso

3 days ago | tribune.net.ph | Celeste Anna Formoso

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Election in this city and the rest of Palawan began at 5 a.m. Monday, but several technical issues involving automated counting machines (ACM) were immediately reported in multiple precincts, delaying the process for some voters. At Mateo Jagmis Elementary School in Barangay San Miguel, Puerto Princesa, volunteers from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) recorded three separate ACM glitches. “Around 5:45 a.m., a ballot was rejected.

1 week ago | palawan-news.com | Celeste Anna Formoso

When it comes to election offenses like vote buying and vote selling, there should be no room for confusion. But lately, the provincial office of the Commission on Elections seems to be… well… confused? I mean, just a day apart (May 6 and 7), COMELEC Palawan gave conflicting statements on the same issue: the number of complaints they received related to vote buying. On March 6, it said that it had already received seven related complaints.

2 weeks ago | palawan-news.com | Celeste Anna Formoso

A Puerto Princesa City-based social impact organization, A Single Drop for Safe Water, Inc., has expressed support to the complainants against Gawad Kalinga founder Tony Meloto. A Single Drop for Safe Water, Inc. (ASDSWI) declared Wednesday that they back survivors of sexual abuse, as well as others seeking justice for survivors, taking into account the criminal complaints filed against Meloto before the Department of Justice (DOJ).

2 weeks ago | palawan-news.com | Celeste Anna Formoso

Palawan Water, the operator of El Nido’s sewage treatment facility, said that water quality has improved to within national safety standards in areas that are covered by its operation. Palawan Water was reacting to the 2024 data released by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which showed alarmingly high levels of fecal coliform contamination in many beaches accessed by tourists.

2 weeks ago | palawan-news.com | Celeste Anna Formoso

The marginalized fishermen sector in Palawan is now discussing the filing of a temporary environmental protection order (TEPO) to stop the continued entry of commercial fishing vessels into the 15-kilometer municipal waters, as it poses a serious threat to the marine environment and to their source of livelihood. This comes after environmental defenders and advocates, led by Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David of Caloocan, Atty.