By BABYLYN KANO-OMAR, VERA Files BONGAO, Tawi-tawi—The 10 days set aside for the general registration of voters would be sufficient to accommodate all registrants, and an extension would be unnecessary, election officials said. But some sectors have been asking for a extension of the registration, giving rise to suspicion that such calls are a ploy
Text and photos by RICHARD FALCATAN LAMITAN CITY— The number of registrants in four big barangays of this city have doubled over the weekend. From the usual 200 registrants per registration center on weekdays, around 400 registrants flocked to the four classrooms designated as registration centers at the Lamitan Central School. The four barangays covered in
ARTHA KIRA PAREDES, Reporter AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN, Producer DATU SALIBO, Maguindanao— Heavy rains at the start of the voters’ registration in Datu Salibo, Maguindanao left the main road flooded for almost a week now. The intermittent downpour all throughout the day also caused the swelling of the Botalo River. As a result, houses in the vicinity
Text by ARTHA KIRA PAREDES Photos and Video by AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN UPI, Maguindanao—The local Commission on Election (Comelec) here spent Sunday making sure that all teachers and school employees in the municipality were registered as voters. Election Officer Flordelina Muñoz said allotting Sunday for the registration of education personnel was the local Comelec’s initiative
Text by ARTHA KIRA PAREDES Photos and Video by AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao—Classes went on as usual for elementary pupils and high school students here, even if classrooms in some schools were designated voters’ registration areas. At noon last Friday, students of Sarilikha National High School in Barangay Semba were caught in
By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews DAVAO CITY – A network of peace groups has asked the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels to suspend the election of officials in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in May 2013 to give way to a transition government that would oversee the shift from
Last of two parts MAGUINDANAO – If the ghosts of registrations past are to be exorcised and electoral reforms are to take root in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) or the future “new autonomous political entity,” apathy must give way to active participation of the citizenry to ensure the ill practices of the past are not allowed to pass this time, Rasol Mitmug, OIC Speaker of the ARMM’s Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA) said.
By BABYLYN KANO-OMAR VERA Files BONGAO, Tawi-tawi—Reports of “flying” registrants in different barangays here are reaching the election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting. On Day 4 of the 10-day general registration, residents lining up to enlist complained that unknown people have been cutting through long lines of registrants waiting for their turns to
Text by ARTHA KIRA PAREDES and AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN Photos and Video by AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN COTABATO CITY— Barangay officials in the Automous Region in Muslim Mindanao have been sighted in registration sites since Day 1 of the ongoing general voters’ registration, in violation of election rules promulgated by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
By LOVE ILUSTRE, DXSM JOLO, Sulu— Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan said he is grateful to President Benigno Aquino for pursuing electoral reforms like the general registration of voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which would give the people a clean slate in the 2013 elections. Tan also commended the Commission on Election for an orderly, systematic and