ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Police operatives arrested on Wednesday four people at a beach house in Dipolog City owned by Zamboanga del Norte Gov. Rolando Yebes for allegedly facilitating vote buying. But Yebes vehemently denied that vote-buying
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Various areas in Mindanao have reported deployment of additional policemen and soldiers to help secure the ballot on election day. In this city, Supt. Rolly Octavio, deputy city police director for operations,
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – The electric cooperative in in Surigao del Norte assured the public there will be no power interruptions during the conduct of elections on May 13. Danny Z. Escalante, general manager of the Surigao del
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Suspected communist rebels clashed today with a team of Philippine Marines escorting a group of teachers carrying precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in a hinterland village just two kilometers away
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Inside Room 1 at the Consolacion Elementary School here, Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) chair Edgar Lacre was so anxious during the testing of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines that
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – A book on peace building stories in various communities in Mindanao was launched Wednesday by the Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. on the occasion of its 17th anniversary. Written by Hazel Aspera,
BEI chair Edgar Lacre (right) helps a voter insert her mock ballot into the PCOS machine during tests done in Consolacion Elementary School in Cagayan de Oro Thursday 9 May 2013. The Comelec said no major glitches was found during
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews / 9 May) – The volume of export-quality or sashimi-grade fresh mature yellowfin tuna landed at this city, the “Tuna Capital of the Philippines,” this year has gone down compared last year. Data from the Philippine Fisheries
