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
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
By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao – While voters in other areas in Maguindanao are complaining about the slow pace of the registration process, those in Barangay Dalumangcob are not. The pace of registration for Dalumangcob residents at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office on the second floor of the town hall — the
By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao – There wasn’t a long queue at the social hall of the Kamasi Elementary School in Ampatuan town although around 20 residents from two clustered barangays lined up to receive their registration forms at the voters’ registration center (VRC) some 20 minutes before registration officially started at 8
FOLLOWING are links to articles VERA Files had written on the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Elections in the province of Maguindanao. VERA Files is reposting these stories in preparation for the scheduled general registration of voters in the provinces of ARMM on July 9 to July 18, 2012. SET: Spurious ballots, COCs proved Pimentel was cheated • August 11, 2011 FAKE
By AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN
HOLY Week, which commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, is a sacred tradition for Christians. It takes deeper meaning in a community where majority of the population belong to the Islam faith.
By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
IT may have been a 38-year wait for Marina Verma, but for her it was worth it. For the first time since she was born, the proud Teduray tribe woman from Maguindanao finally held in her hands the certificate of her birth.
