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By JULES L. BENITEZ MindaNews JOLO, Sulu.—In the evening of April 26, the barangay captain of Lahi Village in Pandami town, Hadji Isa Sitin, and his son ventured into neighboring barangay Parian Dakula to post campaign materials of the mayoral candidate they were supporting. Seeing the two inside his domain, Parian Dakula barangay captain Kitoh

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES  BANGUED, Abra.— Two days before elections,  262 people were removed from the list of registered voters in the town of Licuan-Baay after the court approved the motion for exclusion filed by two of its mayoral candidates. Election Officer Carmelita Bayquen said the Lagangilang Municipal Trial Court approved the motion of mayoral candidates

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra.—A detachment of the Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit in Lagayan town was dissolved after its members were found to have been in the employ of local politicians. Col. Essel Soriano, commanding officer of the 503rd Infantry Brigade, confirmed the dissolution of the CAFGU detachment in Lagayan town, where the

By ANTONIO M. MANAYTAY MindaNews ISABELA CITY, Basilan.—For the first time in years, this island province will experience elections without the charismatic Islamic preacher-turned-politican Wahab Akbar, and people are waiting to see whether the dynasty he left behind will survive his death. Akbar was a three-term governor who became congressman in 2007, the same year

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

The Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) of the Commission on Elections held its "Final Test and Sealing" of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in Marikina, Makati and Parañaque precincts Thursday.

INCIDENTS of election-related violence have risen sharply as Monday’s election nears, leading to the deaths of a considerable number of candidates or their key campaign leaders, an election monitoring group said on Thursday. The Consortium on Electoral Reform, which has launched an anti-election violation initiative called Vote Peace 2010, also said a significant number of

By CARLOS MARQUEZ JR. Nueva Ecija Gold CABANATUAN CITY.—It is unusually quiet here this poll season and observers are keeping their fingers crossed there will be no more of the killings that characterized past electoral exercises in this province once called “Wild, wild Nueva Ecija.” Except for the killing of a barangay captain in Aliaga

By YouthVotePhilippines DESPITE the heated contests among the standard-bearers of the Liberal Party (LP), Nacionalista Party (NP), Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) and Lakas-Kampi-CMD (Lakas), some of their local bets are teaming up with supposed rivals, blurring party lines and making party platforms irrelevant. Political strategists and observers said local candidates are doing whatever it

By DEAN M. BERNARDO CALBAYOG CITY, Samar.—In Barangay San Jose in this city, local folk point to nipa walls, bamboo posts and even the village’s few paved roads, all riddled with bullet holes. These holes have been here since midnight of Feb. 20 when 200 armed men raided Happy Valley, the name used to refer

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS BOXING champ Manny Pacquiao wants to be congressman so he can continue helping other people without using his personal funds. In an interview at the sidelines of a provincial rally by the Nacionalista Party recently, Pacquiao, who is known for his generosity to his needy province mates, said what he is doing

Former president Joseph Estrada spent Labor Day with about 10,000 people who flocked to his rally at Nueve de Pebrero and Martinez Streets in Mandaluyong City.