By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES The hearings of the Election Registration Board (ERB) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has been postponed again. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution 9519 promulgated September 13 moved the ERB schedule to November. The postponement was made based on the recommendation of lawyer Teofisto Elnas Jr, Director IV of the Election and Barangay Affairs Department.
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES SULU residents are bent on filing an objection to the list of voting applicants, despite possible reprisals and threats to their lives, Sulu’s second district representative said.
COTABATO CITY— The Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) now faces the difficult, if not almost impossible, task of weeding out the multiple registrants from last July’s general voters’ registration because the Commission on Election failed to provide for the automatic deletion of such registrants.
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.
Text and photos by VINCENT GO JOLO, Sulu—The recently concluded general voters’ registration here went peacefully and smoothly, despite the various obstacles that Sulu province faces.
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 KEITH BACONGCO, MindaNews COTABATO CITY – The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has assailed the presence of police and military personnel inside registration centers during the 10-day re-registration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) last month.
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 BABYLYN KANO-OMAR BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi— Unofficial results of the 10-day registration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have shown a decrease in the number of of voters in the province.
by BABYLYN KANO-OMAR BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi— The local Commission on Elections asked for military augmentation while the general voters registration was ongoing in the province.