By MINDANEWS LAMITAN CITY, Basilan – At the registration centers in this city, one will not fail to notice young individuals grouping themselves outside or inside the designated registration rooms. It is positive to note that the younger generation here is now trying to actively exercise their right to vote in the upcoming elections—but here’s
By BABYLYN KANO-OMAR VERA Files BONGAO, Tawi-tawi—“Hakot” sytem or the practice of ferrying and transporting residents to voters’ registration centers is happening all over Tawi-tawi, the country’s southernmost province, according to coordinators of the Catholic Church’s election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV). PPCRV volunteers report that registrants are being brought in by air,
Text by ARTHA KIRA PAREDES Photos and Video by AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao—Officials are pushing for a more efficient registration process in the village with one of the highest number of voters here by setting different schedules of each zone to allow them to complete voters’ registration by July 18. Tamontaka Barangay
MAGUINDANAO – The girl in black abaya waiting outside a voting registration center at the Datu Pendililang Piang Elementary School in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town on Wednesday afternoon looked 13 or 14 but claimed to be 19. “You’re in college,” we asked Baileng (not her real name). She shook her head. “High school?” She again shook her head. “Grade Six,” she replied, almost in a whisper.
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews) – Seven rubber plantation workers were killed while 18 others were wounded in an early morning ambush today in the municipality of Sumisip in the island province of Basilan allegedly staged by the Abu Sayyaf after a local cooperative refused to pay the armed group’s extortion demand.
By BABYLYN KANO-OMAR, DXGD-AM BONGAO, Tawi-tawi—Registration centers of the Commission on Elections have been able to process only 50 voters’ registration forms per center on the second day of the general voters’ registration here. The figure is just one-fourth of the projected 200 forms per center per day, causing delays and tensions in the registration areas.
By LOVE ILUSTRE, DXSM JOLO, Sulu—The Commission on Election (Comelec) provincial supervisor here has warned residents against multiple registrations, or enlisting as voters in different areas. Atty. Vidzfar Julie issued the warning amid observations that the number of registrants has reached 300 in some registration centers, despite a limit of 200 applications per day per
By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews MARAWI CITY – Fearing for their lives, the entire team of election officers assigned in the municipality of Butig in Lanao del Sur pulled out dawn Wednesday after unruly supporters of warring local politicians fired shots in the air and fought each other at the town market. The election officers, mostly
By BABYLYN KANO-OMAR VERA Files BONGAO, Tawi-tawi—The general registration of voters went off to a peaceful start here, the Philippines’ southernmost province, although delays and power shortages slightly marred the event. Election paraphernalia arrived in the capital Bongao only on July 9, the first of the 10-day general voters’ registration in the Autonomous Region
LAMITAN CITY—The practice of underaged Muslims attempting to register as voters continues in the ongoing general registration of voters in Muslim Mindanao, but they won’t get away with it.