Lanao del Sur 
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Civil society leaders appeal to kidnappers to free election commisioner’s son
By MINDANEWS ILIGAN CITY.–Civil society leaders in Lanao have appealed to the kidnappers of Noraldin Yusoph, son of Elections Commissioner Elias Yusoph, to “immediately release” the victim. Yusoph, 22 (not 24 as earlier reported), was abducted by still unidentified armed men while praying inside a mosque in Barangay Sabala Amanao, Marawi City. Read More… »Read More
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Violence, vote-buying mar special polls in Lanao Sur
By VIOLETA M. GLORA Mindanews ILIGAN CITY.—Reports of fraud and violence marked the special elections held in Lanao del Sur Thursday as vote-buying proliferated, with the price pegged at anywhere from P10,000 to 15,000 per family. This was the report made by the Citizens Coalition for ARMM Electoral Reform (Citizens CARE), an election watchdog in »Read More
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9 Lanao Sur ghost precincts send poll results to Comelec server
By RYAN ROSAURO MindaNews MARAWI CITY.— Election results transmitted to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) central server after the May 10 polls include those from nine ghost precincts in Lanao del Sur. One of these precincts is located in a ghost barangay named Padian Torogan which, in Maranao, means cemetery. The nine precincts are in »Read More
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Maranao leaders on special polls: Never on a Friday
By RYAN ROSAURO MindaNews ILIGAN CITY.—Maranao leaders in Lanao del Sur have opposed the holding of special elections in seven towns on May 28 because the date falls on a Friday, an Islamic holy day. “We are appealing that it be moved to another date. We hope the Comelec would recognize our religious sensibilities,” said »Read More
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Old-style violence in Lanao Sur despite automated polls
RYAN ROSAURO, VIOLETA M. GLORIA, AND JULES BENITEZ Mindanews and VERA Files THE automated election system failed to bring change to Lanao del Sur traditional warlord and goon country of Mindanao where violence and a low voter turnout marked the May 10 elections, as they did in the past. The police, military and election watchdog »Read More
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Lanao Sur election death toll now 6; disorderly conduct of polls noted
By MINDANEWS ILIGAN CITY.–Six persons have been killed in election related violence in Lanao del Sur, a poll watchdog said. Ibrahim Salic, head of Citizens Coalition for ARMM Responsible Election (Citizen’s CARE) reported that three were killed in an encounter Monday between armed men and soldiers in Kapai. More... »Read More
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5 killed, 10 wounded in 14 ERVs in Western Mindanao
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
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Election Day: Most peaceful yet more violent?
AT LEAST a dozen people were killed and another dozen injured on Election Day today in what police declare as the “most peaceful elections so far” but in what a Commission on Elections official considers as more violent than the country’s past elections. Task Force Honest, Orderly and Peaceful Elections (Task Force HOPE) of the »Read More
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Violence, low voter turnout, mark polls in Lanao provinces
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
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Violence threatens conduct of Lanao polls
By IBRAHIM SALIC Citizens Coalition for ARMM Electoral Reforms Inc. MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur. – Like in the past, elections could be postponed in this province if poll-related violence incidents escalate in the next few days, warned a local nongovernment organization. According to Maranao People Development Center (Maradeca), elections in Lanao del Sur had »Read More
