2nd of 3 parts
BUKIDNON (MindaNews/10 May) – Visitors to Virgilio Garcillano’s farm in Baungon, Bukidnon have to travel some 16 kilometers of rough road but visitors he still has plenty, including potential voters demanding money but whom he sent away that Monday morning, he said, without cash and with an advice not to vote for him.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — It’s also 6-4-2 in favor of the Genuine Opposition (GO) in Mindanao as it is nationwide, just as only one Mindanawon made it to the Senate 12 in the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) nationwide survey: Juan Miguel Zubiri (TU), who landed second in Mindanao, is ninth to tenth nationwide.
MONTEVISTA, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/10 May) –Another supporter of a local candidate fell to the bullets of unidentified gunmen in Compostela Valley on Wednesday, the same day a municipal coordinator of an incumbent official killed here on April 30 was laid to rest in the town cemetery.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – A man who lost his arm to a bomb attack in Southwestern Mindanao years ago is among those behind the May 8 bombing in Tacurong that left three persons dead and 28 others injured, authorities said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — Corruption among officials of the Commission on Elections is perceived to be the weakest link in Philippine elections, according to a survey conducted by the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU).
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – A business tycoon and former town mayor here has credited his uncle, the late Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Salamat Hashim, for three guiding principles that have helped him through in his businesses.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), in collaboration with the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) and its partner Moro civil society organizations in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has deployed 21 international observers from six Asian countries with a significant Muslim population, to monitor the May 14 elections in the region.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — On television and in person, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has appealed to Dabawenyos to support the “candidates of President Arroyo.”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — Time to turn the page on the calendar.
May. The month of weddings.
Belatedly, I registered my agreement to be a principal sponsor to several weddings this month. As the first one drew near, I took a morning off to get the stuff a wedding ninang needs.
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (10 May 2007) — Eleksyon, Eleksyon….mga mahinungdanong yugto sa kasaysayan sa nasud. Panahon diin adunay ginapaabot nga mahinungdanon resulta…kapildihan o kadaugan. Kapidihan alang sa mga kandidatong wala magustuhi sa katawhan o gitikasan. Kadaugan alang sa mga kandidatong popular o humot ngadto sa katawhan o tungod kay nanikas.
