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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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
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,