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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.

Categories ARMM Watch News Vote 2013
One-third of Basilan villages areas of concern

Oct 26, 2013 4:44 PM
By MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ POLL watchdog Citizens Coalition for ARMM Electoral Reforms Inc (C-CARE) says one in every three barangays in Basilan are potential areas of concern in Monday’s elections and recommends an increase in the number of security personnel in those villages. C-CARE says unstable peace and order situations have been observed in 92 […]

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ARMM DILG boosts poll monitoring teams

Oct 25, 2013 11:22 PM
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES

COTABATO CITY— The Department of Interior and Local Government in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is collaborating with election watchdogs and all local peace and order councils in the region to monitor the barangay elections on Monday.

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Police, military to serve as election tellers in ARMM

Oct 25, 2013 12:45 AM
By VINCE NONATO AS in previous elections, police and military personnel will serve as election tellers in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in Monday’s barangay polls, in place of teachers who have refused to render service. Teachers across the country normally serve as election tellers but fearing for their safety, many in the […]

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Half of Tawi-Tawi barangays recommended as areas of concern

Oct 17, 2013 8:32 AM
Podcast by BABYLYN KANO-OMAR BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi—The Commission on Elections and local government units are recommending that 100 of the province’s 203 villages be classified as areas of immediate concern in the Oct. 28 barangay elections. Should the Department of Interior and Local Government approve this, polling precincts in these barangays should have between five and […]

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Half of Tawi-Tawi barangays recommended as areas of concern

Oct 17, 2013 1:14 AM
Podcast by BABYLYN KANO-OMAR BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi—The Commission on Elections and local government units are recommending that 100 of the province’s 203 villages be classified as areas of immediate concern in the Oct. 28 barangay elections. Should the Department of Interior and Local Government approve this, polling precincts in these barangays should have between five and […]

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Zambo siege delays IRA for barangays in Tawi-tawi

Oct 12, 2013 9:05 AM
Podcast by BABYLYN KANO-OMAR

BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi—Barangay captains in this town said they were willing to give P10,000 from the village coffers to help defray expenses in the upcoming barangay elections, as long as the national government gives them their share of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA).

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Full force of law vs anti-peace groups, panel says

Oct 04, 2013 1:05 PM
By JONATHAN DE SANTOS

THE government panel negotiating peace with Moro secessionists said the government is protecting the peace process and will apply the full force of the law against groups trying to derail it.

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Standoff could have ended on Day 5, Sept. 13, if…

Sep 27, 2013 11:40 PM
By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews DAVAO CITY–The standoff in Zamboanga City between government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) under founding chair Nur Misuari could have ended on Day 5, Friday, September 13 if government had responded to the demands of MNLF commander Habier Malik for a ceasefire to facilitate the release of the hostages, a […]

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Tawi-Tawi feels repercussion of Zambo standoff

Sep 19, 2013 2:02 AM
Podcasts by BABYLYN KANO-OMAR BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi—The encounter between members of the Moro National Liberation Front and government troops in Zamboanga City has left Tawi-Tawi in bad shape. Airlines and shipping vessels traveling the Zambonga-Tawi-Tawi route have cancelled trips since Sept. 9 because of the standoff. The provincial government of Tawi-Tawi has had to arrange two […]

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Zamboanga braces for more tension

Sep 09, 2013 9:45 PM
By YEN BLANCO DELGADO

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Residents of Zamboanga City are bracing for the worst, after the standoff between the military and the Moro National Liberation Front remained unresolved by nightfall.

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