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By COOPER RESABAL MARIBOJOC, Bohol—The shower of cash for votes came early in May in the island province of Bohol, ahead of Monday’s polls both for the country and the province’s executive positions. “I was just standing in the purok hut here (barangay Toril) when men in a motorcycle stopped and distributed some cash from

By YVETTE MORALES DESPITE three major election-related incidents (ERIs) and a number of election violations, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines said today’s elections have so far been “generally peaceful.” The number of ERIs are far less compared to the 92,000 clustered precincts, PNP Spokesperson Police Chief Supt. Wilben

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL VOTING may be extended in areas where vote-counting machines (VCMs) have caused delays, Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said Monday. Comelec has been receiving numerous reports of rejected ballots since voting opened. Ballots are considered rejected if they are not accepted by the VCM after four attempts, said Jimenez. In case

Text by: EMMANUEL CAGAYAN Video by: AMIEL CAGAYAN TACURONG CITY – The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) reminded its volunteers of their role to secure the vote of Filipinos today. Over 300 volunteers attended the final briefing at the Nuestra Sra. dela Candelaria Parish on Saturday. The volunteers will be deployed in 24 polling

By LUCILLE SODIPE [metaslider id=35664] CORDOVA, Cebu — “Remain faithful to your commitment to protect the votes of the people of Cordova. Good luck and God bless.” With these words, Fr. Roman Alaan blessed and sent off the election volunteers of Cebu-Citizens Involvement and Maturation in People’s Empowerment and Liberation (C-CIMPEL). The political action arm

Photos by DANIEL ABUNALES and BERNARD VER PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Jejomar Binay had an interesting Monday last May 2. At 9 a.m., he attended Holy Mass at the Manila Cathedral officiated by Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. Mar Roxas was also there. Binay and Roxas signed a covenant for “Truth” organized by the Archdiocese of

Photos by ALLAN YVES BRIONES and LUIS LIWANAG ON Saturday, two days before the elections, presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte will make his final pitch to the public and hold a miting de avance at the Rizal Park. The event is expected to draw thousands, as had Duterte’s previous campaign events in various places in Metro Manila,

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL FIVE days before Election Day, the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) still do not have instructions how to test the integrity of the vote counting machines that will be used on May 9. In a lthree-page letter to Comelec, former Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Y. Larrazabal, who supervised the first automated national

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FIVE days before Election Day, former Comelec Commissioner  Gregorio Larrazabal, who supervised the first automated elections in 2010 and is now consultant of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, said there are a  still lot of loose ends that need to be tied to make Monday’s election orderly. He is very concerned with

STATEMENT: Independent senatorial candidate Greco Belgica was asked in a television interview on March 15 what his first bill would be if he won a seat in the Senate. He said he would push for a flat tax system on personal income. “Flat rate, meaning if you make P1 million, you pay P100,000. If you