DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 May) – Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) standard-bearer and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte lost no time reaching out to his rivals as soon as the polls closed on Monday. Presidential bet and Davao
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/09 May) – Endorsed by Vice President Jejomar Binay (United Nationalist Alliance) during a proclamation rally on April 5 as the party’s official candidate for mayor here, Sajid Islam Uy Ampatuan voted at the Shariff Aguak Central
GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/09 May) — A resident of a neighboring town was shot dead as supporters of rival mayoralty bets of the Liberal Party (LP) and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) clashed inside the compound of the Tambunan Central Elementary
SKIEN, Norway (MindaNews/09 May) — It was 2am at a cozy cabin in Fossingfjord on the sunny side of Norway when my phone started beeping with incoming messages. I had forgotten to put it on silent mode when I left
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 May) — A grenade exploded in Cotabato City on Monday, but the Police Regional Office (PRO)-12 declared the conduct of Monday’s general elections in parts of the region was generally smooth, orderly and peaceful. Supt. Romeo
Presidential bet and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte casts his vote at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School, in clustered precinct number 416 on Monday. MindaNews photo by KEITH BACONGCO
A soldier mans the gate of the Tambunan Central Elementary School in Guindulungan town, Maguindanao on May 9, 2016. The military secured the gates of the school after a supporter of a local candidate was shot in the head. MindaNews photo
Mothers carrying their babies wait for hours in one of the polling precincts in Margarita R. Espina Elementary School in Barangay Luna, Surigao City after some vote-counting machines malfunctioned on Monday, May 9, 2016. MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto
A poll clerk at clustered precinct number 58 in Carpenter Hill Elementary School in Koronadal City receives the filled up ballot of a voter for temporary safekeeping after its assigned vote-counting machine malfunctioned early Monday. []/a> with ||| Commission on
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 May) — Boxing icon and senatorial aspirant Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao expressed confidence he could land a Senate seat as he cast his votes before noon on Monday in Kiamba town in Sarangani. The outgoing Sarangani representative
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 May) — Voting in rebel-infested Brgy. Manurigao in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley was delayed for at least three hours due to the late arrival of the Boards of Election Inspectors and the vote-counting machines. Voting was
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 May) — An alleged leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating at the boundary of Bukidnon, Davao Davao del Norte, and North Cotabato was arrested in Davao City on Sunday evening, a military official said Monday. In a press conference Monday at
Serafin N. Ramos Sr., 95, emerges from Precinct 0012A at Malalag Central Elementary School after casting his vote at 10am. [] Ramos, who is said to be the oldest voter in town, is one of the 30,312 registered voters of
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 May) — The conduct of the elections in Region 12 has been “generally smooth” despite the reported technical problems with the vote-counting machines in some polling precincts, a Commission on Elections official said. Lawyer Francisco Pobe,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 May) — Police operatives arrested nine residents in nearby Koronadal City on Monday morning for alleged violation of the liquor ban in line with the general elections. Supt. Barney Condes, Koronadal City police chief, said in
Davao City Mayoralty bet Sara Duterte-Carpio fills the ballot at her precinct in Matina District on Monday. Her father, incumbent mayor Rodrigo Duterte, is running for president. MindaNews Photo by Keith Bacongco
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 May) — Police arrested on Monday a barangay chair in Cagayan de Oro City for vote-buying, the ABS-CBN reported. Misca Salvador Sr., chair of Barangay Pigsag-an, was allegedly caught in the act of distributing money inside his
