CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / May 18) – For the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) and the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), almost all political candidates in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City cheated and bought votes to ensure their victory.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/18 May)– Valencia City mayor-elect Leandro Jose Catarata urged relatives of suspected drug pushers and users in the city who were reportedly killed by vigilantes to seek justice for their kin.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / May 18) — The four Piñol brothers proved their supremacy over other candidates in North Cotabato, leading in the unofficial counting in their respective candidacies in Monday's elections.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / May 18) – The vaunted Padayon Pilipino political party appeared to have delivered for Mayor Vicente Emano and Rep. Constantino Jaraula and ended the hopes of former Mayor Pablo Magtajas for a political comeback.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / May 18)– The opposition Nationalist
People's Coalition (NPC) is poised to dominate anew the local politics in South Cotabato and this city after party stalwarts practically ruled in all but one of the 26 top local elective posts in Monday's elections.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / May 18) — The Commission on Elections here admitted that it was clueless whether or not a Davao del Sur gubernatorial candidate or his bodyguards, who were suspects in the killing of a mayoral candidate and his son in Malita, were allowed to carry firearms.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / May 18) — A powerful explosion ripped through a bus terminal in Cotabato City Friday, instantly killing a five-year-old child and wounding at least 25 others, police said.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / May 18) — The government hopes it would settle the bloody land dispute in Midsayap with a new survey to determine the delineation and ownership of the rich 1,500 hectares of agricultural lands.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / May 18) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) today added at least 22 stores and services outlets in Southwestern Mindanao to its list of DTI-certified or consumer-friendly business establishments in the region.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 May) – Other provinces have finished or are about to finish canvassing but four days after election day, Shariff Kabunsuan, a province carved out of Maguindanao late last year and expected to also deliver a 12-0 for the Administration’s Team Unity, has yet to start.
PENANG, Malaysia (MindaNews/18 May) — I am glad that the "absentee voting" is working. Last Thursday (May 10) I followed up with the Kuala Lumpur Embassy that I have not yet received my “balota” from the Commission on Elections (Comelec). They said that many of the mails sent to "absentee voters" here in Malaysia were sent back by the Malaysian Postal Service (or POSLAJU) perhaps due to incomplete address, or, that the registered voter was not present at the time of the delivery.
MANILA (MindaNews/18 May) — On Monday, May 14th, Filipinos voted for 17,889 different government positions at different levels, none of which included the office of President. For more than 50 years, Mindanao has had a reputation within the Philippines as having the worst electoral processes in the country. The unresolved issues about the 2004 election revolve mostly around alleged cheating that took place in various places in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 May) – The municipal hall of Buldon in Shariff Kabunsuan was set on fire at around 10:30 p.m. Friday (May), destroying parts of the two-storey building, the spokesperson of the Philippine National Police in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 May) — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) today said the Genuine Opposition (GO) will sue alleged conspirators who rigged the election results in Maguindanao to favor the Administration 12-0.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 May) – The Philippine National Police has formed Task Force Sarmiento Thursday to investigate the Wednesday killings of a Davao del Sur mayoralty candidate and his son wherein the suspect is a gubernatorial candidate and outgoing congressional representative.
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/17 May) – GMA-7 reporter Raffy Tima and his crew were not allowed to enter the provincial capitol compound Wednesday to cover the canvassing of votes from the province’s 22 towns.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 May) – Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod is assured of election according to the latest partial and unofficial results from the National Movement for Free Elections’ (Namfrel) quick count
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte (MindaNews/17 May) — Former cabinet secretary Rodolfo del Rosario trounced incumbent Gov. Gelacio Gementiza for the highest post in the province based on results from the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) quick count released here on Wednesday.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/17 May) — The Diocese of Kidapawan has lauded all volunteers of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), National Secretariat for Social Action (Nassa) and the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) for participating in the quick count all over the diocese.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 May) – The much bigger and better 2007 Mayor’s Cup Age Group Swimming Championships gets underway on May 25 to 27 at the Ladislawa Garden Village pool here.
