ARMM Watch
Our special coverage of the 2013 polls in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, where contending political clans have been notorious for warlike tactics, fraud and election violence. VERA Files has partnered with MindaNews and iWatch.
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PHOTOS: Marawi City, 30 days of misery
By Luis Liwanag
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Jun 23, 2017
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Photojournalist Luis Liwanag captures Marawi City today, on the 30th day of the crisis.

In Maguindanao’s special polls, voters prefer cops as BEI members
By verafiles
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May 16, 2016
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By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA, MindaNews SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao — Voters here say the next elections in this town should have police officers instead of teachers as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) as the special elections Saturday in Barangay Katuli started and ended with no untoward incident. “Voting went on smoothly without delay and

MILF’s Murad to Duterte: ‘We will partner with you and your administration’
By verafiles
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May 16, 2016
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By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews DAVAO City – The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has congratulated presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte for his “historic victory” during the May 9 Presidential election and vowed to “partner with you and your administration.” Addressing the letter dated May 10 to “His Excellency… President-elect Duterte,” MILF chair
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