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Category: Vote 2013

  • Categories Top Stories Vote 2013

    Sudden timeout for SK leaders

    Oct 31, 2013 2:27 PM

    By MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ BAKA wala nang liga. There might be no sports fest anymore. Ian, 15, recalls his main worry when he heard the news that the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) or youth council elections were being postponed. (All the names in this story have been changed—Ed.) Like hundreds of thousands of Filipinos aged 15 […]

    2013 Barangay Elections, Sangguniang Kabataan, SK

  • Categories ARMM Watch Banner Video Vote 2013

    The Maguindanao barangay polls: lazy to frenzied

    Oct 30, 2013 10:34 PM

    By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES and AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN

    BULDON, Maguindanao— Voters literally chased after ballot boxes in hotly contested towns in Maguindanao on barangay election day, while in others, there was hardly anyone outside the homes.

    ARMM, Buldon

  • Categories News Vote 2013

    Comelec appeals to teachers’ ‘civic-mindedness’

    Oct 30, 2013 9:02 PM

    By DARLENE CAY COMMISSION on Elections Chairman SixtoBrillantes Jr. on Wednesday reminded public school teachers who refused to serve as members of the Board of Election Tellers (BETs) of their civic duty. “Ayaw naman nating ipilit (We do not want to impose). It’s not really in a sense, compulsory. But we’re always appealing to the civic-mindedness […]

    Barangay, comelec, elections, Teachers

  • Categories ARMM Watch Arts & Culture Video Vote 2013

    Election betting on in Maguindanao town

    Oct 29, 2013 6:23 PM

    Video by FREDERIC LORENZO, I-Watch

    UPI, Maguindanao—When results of the barangay elections are announced, it won’t only be the top candidates who will be “winners” in some villages here.

    election betting, Omnibus Election Code

  • Categories Arts & Culture Vote 2013

    Special polling place so near, yet so far for PWDs

    Oct 29, 2013 9:34 AM

    By MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ LIGAYA Patañaga, 81, was the first voter to experience the relative comfort of voting at the accessible polling place (APP) at SM Manila for the barangay elections. She was all-praises for the voting center, which was very convenient for her compared to the Araullo High School, where she always had to […]

    2013 Barangay Elections, Accessibility Law, accessible polling place

  • Categories Top Stories Vote 2013

    Barangay polls generally peaceful; incidents isolated

    Oct 28, 2013 7:39 PM

    By VERA FILES (UPDATED) The nationwide barangay election on Monday was generally peaceful despite scattered violent incidents and cases of election offenses, the Commission on Elections said. “On the overall, at this point in time, mukhang okay na okay ang nangyayari. Wala kaming masyadong problema (There are few election-related incidents so far. It seems everything is […]

    2013 Barangay Elections

  • Categories Top Stories Vote 2013

    Senior citizens, PWDs laud special voting in GenSan

    Oct 28, 2013 3:36 PM

    By BONG S. SARMIENTO, MindaNews GENERAL SANTOS CITY—In less than five minutes after approaching the Board of Election Tellers on Monday for the 2013 Barangay Elections, Gloria Rivera and Bartolome Hoyo separately emerged from the polling center with wide smiles. Unlike majority of the voters who suffered the scorching heat of the sun and long […]

    accessible polling place

  • Categories Top Stories Vote 2013

    Lente reports poll offenses

    Oct 28, 2013 12:05 PM

    POLL watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) said Monday morning conduct of the nationwide barangay elections was generally smooth and peaceful, but was marred by election offenses such as unlawful electioneering, unauthorized entry of candidates in the polling places and disenfranchisement. Several precincts did not open on time due to the late arrival of […]


  • Categories News Vote 2013

    Weekend killing, vote-buying dog Eastern Visayas polls

    Oct 28, 2013 7:52 AM

    By VICENTE ALEJANDRO TACLOBAN CITY—More than 2.6 million voters in Eastern Visayas are expected to turn out in Monday’s barangays elections amid the killing of a candidate and allegations of vote buying over the weekend. Chief Supt. Elmer C. Soria, Eastern Visayas police director, however, said he remains hopeful that the nationwide elections to elect […]

    Eastern Visayas

  • Categories ARMM Watch Arts & Culture Video Vote 2013

    Make the right decision like ‘Mama Mary,’ cops in ARMM polls told

    Oct 27, 2013 7:43 PM

    By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES

    PARANG, Maguindanao—Like a priest sending his flock off to spread the word of peaceful elections, the police chief of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Saturday admonished policemen and women serving in Monday’s barangay elections to follow the Blessed Virgin Mary’s example of making the right decision.

    ARMM, Virgin Mary

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