By DARLENE CAY THE proclamation of winning bets in Monday’s barangay polls is almost done, the Commission on Elections said Wednesday. As of 8 a.m. today, almost 39,500 barangays or 93.8 percent of 42,028 barangays have declared their new set of officials, it said. Of these, Ilocos Norte (Region I), Central Luzon (III), Calabarzon (IV-A),
By DANIEL ABUNALES ISABELA, Basilan – Violence and conflicts among candidates in elections in the Autonomous Region in MuslimMindanao (ARMM) are averted through negotiation among opposing parties. This has been the approach used by leaders in the region to achieve peaceful polls. But in Basilan, the process of discussing in order to reach agreement has
By JONATHAN DE SANTOS AS THE country’s 54 million or so voters trooped to their polling precincts to vote for barangay leaders, some 62,500 from the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao had the chance to do so as literates. That number represents graduates of a three-year literacy program by non-government organization Magbassa Kita Foundation Inc.
By POP M. SALAHOG, I-Watch DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao—All the barangay candidates in this town can already claim victory even before village elections take place nationwide on Monday.
By VERA Files COTABATO CITY— Candidates for barangay elections in this city spent the last day of the campaign period engaging in partisan activity that violated the Omnibus Election Code, but no one stopped them or even called them to task for their offense.
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES COTABATO CITY— Election officers in Maguindanao say priority and fast lanes will be set aside for persons with disabilities, senior citizens and pregnant women as part of government’s move to make polling places “accessible” on election day on Monday. But the special lanes aren’t enough, they are the first to admit,
By DEXTER CABALZA and MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ MORE than half of recorded deaths from rido or clan wars in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) since 1993 were politically motivated, according to the Regional Reconciliation and Unification Commission (RRUC).
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.
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES Photo and Video by AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN COTABATO CITY— The candidates for barangay polls arrived at the same time and wore political colors and party uniforms, revealing the partisan nature of village elections.
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