FACT CHECK: No special barangay, SK elections on November 28, 2026
Comelec debunked the circulating graphic as false and a manipulated version of the Batanes Lone Legislative District Special Election calendar of activities
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FACT CHECK: Comelec did not set barangay, SK polls for December 14
The Comelec flags a circulating graphic as fake. Under Republic Act No. 12326, the next barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are scheduled for November 13, 2028.
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FACT CHECK: Comelec debunks claim of ACMs altering votes in Lanao del Sur
The Commission on Elections said the post, which circulated amid the BARMM polls, is malicious and baseless. The poll body added that an automated counting machine cannot manipulate a ballot’s results.
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FACT CHECK: Bill postponing 2026 barangay, SK polls not yet a law as of September 22
In a September 18 statement, the Commission on Elections said the November 2026 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections will proceed as there is yet no law for its postponement
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FACT CHECK: No Turkish police deployed to secure BARMM polls
Election watchdog groups pointed out that Turkey was invited to send election observers, not police officers
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FACT CHECK: News of 39 soldiers held by MILF is from 2023, not recent
The viral Facebook post was likely referring to a 2023 incident in Lanao del Sur that has been falsely presented as a recent development ahead of the BARMM polls on September 14
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FACT CHECK: Photos of Sara Duterte visiting MILF camp ahead of 2026 polls are fake
‘Based on what we have, she did not visit the region recently,’ the Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region told Rappler in a text message
