Lanao del Norte rss

  • Dimaporos proclaimed in Lanao Norte

    13 May 2010

    By VIOLETA M. GLORIA Mindanews ILIGAN CITY. — It’s all Dimaporos – mother, son and daughter – taking the highest elective posts in Lanao del Norte. Reelected governor is Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo, whose mother and former governor, Imelda Q. Dimaporo has been elected representative of Lanao del Norte’s first district. Khalid’s sister Fatimah Aliah will represent »Read More

  • Lanao Norte polls generally peaceful

    11 May 2010

    By VIOLETA M. GLORIA Mindanews ILIGAN CITY. – The conduct of elections in Lanao del Norte can be considered generally peaceful despite delays in the transmission of results from 11 hinterland towns, the Pastoral Parish Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said. Fr.Rey Pati-an, provincial PPCRV head, said the peaceful election could be attributed to well-behaved »Read More

  • 5 killed, 10 wounded in 14 ERVs in Western Mindanao

    11 May 2010

    By JULES BENITEZ Mindanews ZAMBOANGA CITY– Five persons were killed and 10 others were wounded in 14 incidents of election related violence in the provinces covered by the Western Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (WesMinCom). WesMinCom chief Maj. Gen. Benjamin Dolorfino also reported one incident of ballot snatching and the declaration »Read More

  • Violence, low voter turnout, mark polls in Lanao provinces

    10 May 2010

    By VIOLETA M. GLORIA Mindanews ILIGAN CITY.–Two persons lining up to vote at the Tugaya Central Elementary School ended up dead while another was wounded when a man identified as Albert Balindong strafed them at around 10:45 a.m., Major Ferdinand Cacas, head of the Philippine Army’s103rd Brigade Election Monitoring and Action Center, said. Cacas added »Read More

  • Miting de avances heat up Iligan

    9 May 2010

    By VIOLETA M. GLORIA Mindanews ILIGAN CITY.—Local Liberal Party candidates led by reelectionist congressman Vicente Belmonte of the lone district of Iligan and mayor Lawrence Cruz paraded Saturday afternoon with supporters from hinterland and coastal communities to ‘show force.’ They assembled from four centerpoints of the city and converged along Quezon avenue near Saint Michael »Read More

  • Heightened alert in Lanao Norte as fears of poll violence rise

    7 May 2010

    By VIOLETA M. GLORIA MindaNews ILIGAN CITY.—Everyone is on heightened alert in Lanao del Norte, where a longstanding political dispute involving the warlord Dimaporo clan has come to a head in recent months. The flashpoint is Pantao Ragat, a fifth-class town an hour and a half from here and bordering Lanao del Sur. Pantao Ragat »Read More