By VEN LABRO CATBALOGAN City – Save for a few newbies, Eastern Visayas remains pretty much in the tight grip of political families. When the dust settled in the political arena in the region days after the May 9 elections, all its six incumbent governors remained standing. In Leyte, reelectionist Gov. Leopoldo Dominico Petilla trounced
By VICENTE ALEJANDRO TACLOBAN CITY—More than 2.6 million voters in Eastern Visayas are expected to turn out in Monday’s barangays elections amid the killing of a candidate and allegations of vote buying over the weekend. Chief Supt. Elmer C. Soria, Eastern Visayas police director, however, said he remains hopeful that the nationwide elections to elect
By VICENTE ALEJANDRO TACLOBAN CITY – Thousands of policemen have been deployed to different parts of Eastern Visayas to help secure the barangay elections on Monday. This week alone, some 3,980 policemen were sent to man the Police Assistance Desks (PADs) in clustered voting centers throughout the region. Earlier, more than 900 cops were deployed to
By VICENTE ALEJANDRO TACLOBAN CITY – With more than a week left before the March 30 start of the campaign period for local candidates, the Commission on Elections in Eastern Visayas and the Archdiocese of Palo have called for a clean, honest and peaceful election.
TACLOBAN CITY— Aside from partisan or private armed groups, the army and police in Eastern Visayas are watching the intense rivalry among political clans in two provinces as an area of concern.