KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/31 October) – So young and so corrupt. The Interfaith Movement for Peaceful and Clean Elections (IM4PeaCE), an alliance of peoples’ organizations, NGOs, religious sects, and individuals committed to safeguard and monitor elections, including last week’s barangay and
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/26 October) – Vote-buying dominated the conduct of Monday’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in parts of the Caraga Region. Killings, massive vote-buying, intimidation and “hoarding” of voters on the eve of election day were reported in
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/26 October) – Armed men believed to be supporters of defeated candidates in Monday’s elections burned two school buildings in a village in Pikit, North Cotabato, around 1:30 a.m. today, police reports said. Senior Insp. Elias Dandan, chief
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — The election registrar of Lambayong town in Sultan Kudarat has declared a failure of election in Barangay Udtong after a group of armed men attacked the school where polling took place. Chief Insp. Eugene Malilin,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 October)—In addition to the usual complaints of missing names and the names of the dead appearing on the voters’ list, an election official said the new “modus operandi” of “impersonating” other voters surfaced in today’s conduct of
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/25 October) – Election materials for Bukidnon’s two cities and 20 municipalities arrived late. Not only that, they were delivered via a commercial hauler truck carrying cosmetic products for Watson Store at SM City in Davao. A truck
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — Despite delays in the delivery of election paraphernalia to the 797 clustered precincts of the city, start of voting was already 100 percent as of 12 noon today. Last to accept votes were
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/25 October) – Voters in this city trooped early to the polling precincts to cast their votes for today’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, only to find out that the official ballots and other election paraphernalia
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — Vice mayor Alexander Tomawis of Barira, Maguindanao was held under restricted custody by elements of the 603rd Infantry Brigade after allegedly commandeering election paraphernalia for his town and Buldon, where his wife is the mayor.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/25 October) – Five barangays in Pikit, North Cotabato requested the holding of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataang elections at the poblacion after the reported sightings of heavily armed men in their areas, police said. Chief Insp. Jomar Alexis
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/24 Oct) — The proxy war of big politicians is on as the voters troop to the city’s polling centers Monday. In the biggest barangays in the city, losing candidates in the May 2010 elections are
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 October) – Relatives of the victims of the Ampatuan Massacre and their lawyer are calling on President Aquino and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to initiate moves to speed up the process in delivering justice to the
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 Oct) – Police personnel in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao have intensified their security operations in various parts of the region to avert any possible disruptions or the escalation of violence in the run-up to the
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/19 October) — Bickering among members and officers of a foreign-funded election watchdog in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) might prevent the group from monitoring the conduct of next Monday’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, sources
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/18 October) – Citing alleged plans by the New People’s Army (NPA) to disrupt the October 25 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, the military started beefing up its presence in Columbio town in Sultan Kudarat since last
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 October) — About 62 of 464 barangays in Bukidnon are included in the Philippine National Police’s list of critical areas for the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 25. The Bukidnon provincial police office identified
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 October) – The Police Regional Office (PRO) 12 directed all its units Tuesday to work for the immediate signing of peace covenants among barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) candidates in various parts of the region to
LINAMON, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews/7 Oct) — An election officer of a hinterland municipality in Lanao del Norte and his two companions survived an ambush attack this morning in the neighboring municipality of Kolambugan, the military said. Injured were election
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/25 Sept) – The North Cotabato Provincial Police Office has established additional outposts in strategic areas along the highway as they start today the implementation of the Comelec gun ban in preparation for the Oct. 25 synchronized Barangay
