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Teachers’ group seeks police, military involvement as election inspectors

Apr 19, 2013 9:32 AM

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES COTABATO City— Social Studies teacher Abunawas Solaiman clearly remembers the 2004 elections because, he said, it was the only time he felt safe serving as a member of the Board of Election Inspectors. He was then assigned at precinct 21-A in Barangay Katbo, Matanog in Maguindanao, serving alongside a policeman and a marine […]

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Comelec sure election paraphernalia delivered on time

Apr 03, 2013 4:19 PM

BY BABYLYN KANO-OMAR

BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi— The Commission on Elections promised there will be no repeat of previous elections when delayed delivery of poll paraphernalia left voters waiting on election day.

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ARMM voters will spend longest time in polling precincts

Apr 03, 2013 6:21 AM

BY CAROLYN ARGUILLAS, MindaNews

DAVAO CITY – Of the country’s 52 million voters, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s 1.3 million voters will spend the longest time in the polling precincts in May because they will not only elect national and local officials but regional as well.

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ARMM leaders urged to commit to clean and honest polls

Aug 22, 2012 8:30 AM

Text and interview by ARTHA KIRA PAREDES, Photos and video by AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN

COTABATO CITY— Local leaders in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) need to change their old habits by committing to clean and honest elections, said an Oblate priest who used to head the panel negotiating peace with Muslim rebels groups.

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Muslims urged to change ARMM image as ‘cheating capital’

Aug 20, 2012 11:38 AM

BONGAO, Tawi-tawi—Muslim leaders challenged followers of Islam to change public perceptions that the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is the cheating capital of the Philippines.

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Comelec resets ERB hearings in ARMM

Aug 18, 2012 10:59 AM

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES

COTABATO CITY— The Commission on Elections has postponed the scheduled Election Registration Board (ERB) hearings in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) originally set for this month.

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Tengku on GPH, MILF: “same paragraph now”

Aug 09, 2012 10:31 PM

By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – “On the same paragraph now, but it’s still a long paragraph,” Malaysian facilitator Tengku Dato’ Ab Ghafar Tengku Mohamed summed up to MindaNews Thursday the progress of the first three days of the August 7 to 11 peace negotiations here between the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

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Task Force notes irregularities in ARMM registration

Aug 04, 2012 8:58 AM

By KEITH BACONGCO, MindaNews

COTABATO CITY – The registration of minors, flying registrants and multiple registrations have remained rampant in the 10-day registration of voters last month in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), according to a task force tasked to assess the registration.

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5 ARMM governors, 159 other officials take oath as LP members

Jul 27, 2012 3:18 PM

By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews DAVAO CITY – The governors of the five provinces of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have taken their oath as new members of President Aquino’s Liberal Party (LP). Basilan’s Jum Akbar, Lanao del Sur’ Mamintal Adiong Jr.; Maguindanao’s Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu, Sulu’s Sakur Tan and Tawi-tawi’s Sadikul Sahali […]

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The Teduray of Upi: Voters at last

Jul 21, 2012 9:40 AM

AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN, Reporter and Videographer ARTHA KIRA PAREDES, Writer UPI, Maguindanao—At the first hour of the first day of the general voters’ registration in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the indigenous Teduray of South Upi embarked on a journey to become voters. They came down from their homes up in the mountains, […]

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