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,
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.
FOLLOWING are links to articles VERA Files had written on the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Elections in the province of Tawi-Tawi. 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. Governor’s ally gains control of contested Turtle Islands • May 17, 2010
By AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN
BEHIND the horrors of kidnappings that put Tawi-Tawi in the headlines, there’s a lot of beauty to discover in the island province.
Nestled in the lush forests with a full view of the endless sea is barangay Batu-Batu, in the municipality of Panglima Sugala.
