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By E.V. CARREON GUIMBA, Nueva Ecija.—At least 60 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines that went missing here after the May 10 elections are now at the Commission on Elections provincial office, with Smartmatic unable to explain how it lost control of these machines. The Comelec ordered the PCOS machines brought to its provincial office

By LEYTE-SAMAR DAILY EXPRESS TACLOBAN CITY.–The special elections supposed to be conducted in a village in Pagsanghan town, Samar province today was reset to June 3. Samar elections supervisor Corazon Montallana said rescheduling of the special polls in Barangay Buenos Aires, which has a voting population of 492, will give the poll body more time to

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra.— Police have found the body of a man buried in the backyard of Tineg Mayor Edwin Crisologo’s residence in Barangay Ubbog here Wednesday night. The police report said the team that responded to a text message uncovered a “male cadaver” from a  “garbage pit approximately two-feet” deep.

By LUZ RIMBAN THE Commission on Elections is partly to blame for election-related violent incidents because it acted too late to put critical areas, including the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), under its control, said an election watchdog group. The Consortium on Electoral Reform (CER) said the Comelec ran out of time to implement

By MELVIN PURZUELO Green Forum – Western Visayas ILOILO CITY. — The May 10 elections saw the clash of political dynasties in this city, leading to the downfall of the powerful Gonzalez family. Former Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez Sr., known here as the “King,” lost the mayoralty contest to Vice Mayor Jed Mabilog while his

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.

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

By LEYTE-SAMAR DAILY EXPRESS TACLOBAN CITY- The Commission on Elections in Eastern Visayas is preparing to hold special elections in Barangay Buenos Aires in Pagsanghan town in Samar on Saturday. Samar Elections Supervisor Corazon Montallana said the event will be closely watched by the contending parties because it will determine the eventual winners.

By LORENA CANJA-NAVALLASCA PROCESS Foundation-Panay Inc. SAN JOSE, Antique. — As in many parts of the country in the recent elections, Antique voters showed that being part of a political dynasty is not necessarily a stumbling block to victory. Elected governor of the province was incumbent congressman Exequiel Javier (Lakas-Kampi). His son Paolo won as

By PAULINE DYCOCO THE counting of votes may have been quick, but the country’s first-ever automated elections were far from being successful. This was the sentiment of outgoing Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca, who lost her reelection bid to Faustino Dy III, a scion of the powerful “Dy Dynasty” in the province. “Define successful? Just because

BY CHIT ESTELLA THE Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) said yesterday it would consider asking the Supreme Court to compel the Commission on Elections and Smartmatic to produce documents and other materials needed to determine whether fraud and other irregularities have been committed in the elections. The proposal to apply for a writ

By JULES M. BENITEZ MindaNews BONGAO, Tawi-tawi.—After last Monday’s election, the hotly contested Turtle Islands in this province is now under the control of an ally of the governor, who has come under fire for buying one of the islands. The Turtle Islands are a group of seven islets just a hop away from Sandakan