GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 01 October) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has cancelled the scheduled special elections on Oct. 26 for the newly-reconfigured first and third legislative districts of South Cotabato province and this city. Lawyer Rafael Dinopol,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 June) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday dared Dabawenyos to establish a strong opposition party to challenge the three-decade rule of his family here. “If you think Davaoeños that they are not already up to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 May) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday expressed confidence that his long-time aide and now senator-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go will perform well as a legislator and even serve for 12 years or until 2031
(MindaNews / 23 May) – Eleven of Mindanao’s 27 governors won a second or third term in last week’s election, 11 are first-termers while five are ‘returnees’ or those who could no longer qualify to run for the same post in 2016 because of the three-term limit, but returned in 2019.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /18 May) – Three-term Representative Nancy Alaan Catamco is North Cotabato’s first Lumad Governor.
DATU ANGGAL MIDTIMBANG, Maguindanao (MindaNews/17 May) – Government troops seized Friday several high-powered firearms and explosives from two groups who were engaged in a gunfight starting Tuesday over the results of the election in Talitay, Maguindanao. Lt. Col. Crisaldo Fernandez,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 May) – If bar topnotcher and reelectionist Senator Aquilino Pimentel III of Cagayan de Oro City is not dislodged from the winners’ circle in the Senate race, the 24-member Senate will have five Mindanawons in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi and former Anak Mindanao party list Representative Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman lost in the Bangsamoro plebiscite in January but won their bid for the mayoralty in Monday’s election. Sayadi,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – Akbars out, more Hatamans in. Basilan Governor Jim Hataman-Salliman won a second term, his brother Mujiv Hataman won the seat for the lone district of Basilan while Mujiv’s wife, Sitti Djalia, is now
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The reign of the Ecleo dynasty in Dinagat Islands is over. Two-term Representative and human rights lawyer Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao is the new Governor of the 12-year old province, ending a succession of
Of the four members of the Amante clan who ran for various posts in Agusan del Norte, only incumbent Governor Angelica Amante-Malba, who ran as representative of the province’s second district, has won. She beat her own brother, incumbent Rep.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – Former Special Assistant to the President and now Senator-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go obtained the highest number of votes in Davao City among the senatorial candidates. Based on the final unofficial results published
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The Duterte siblings and the 1st District councilors of Davao City had been proclaimed around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, several hours after the proclamation was delayed when the SD card of a vote-counting
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) declared a “good” voting turnout of 74.3 percent in in Region 12 in Monday’s local and national midterm elections. Lawyer Jose Villanueva, Comelec-12 assistant regional director, said
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec), through the provincial board of canvassers (PBOC), proclaimed on Wednesday morning Tupi Mayor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. as the newly-elected governor of South Cotabato province. Lawyer Duque Kadatuan, Comelec provincial supervisor, said
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The city’s board of canvassers (CBOC) formally proclaimed Tuesday night reelectionist City Mayor Ronnel Rivera and other winning candidates here following hours of delay due to a corrupt secure digital or SD
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – Private armed groups of politicians once tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte in his drugs watch list were locked into a fierce gunfight in an election related violence in Sultan Sumagka (formerly Talitay), Maguindan
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – Reelectionist Mayor Oscar Moreno leads overwhelmingly over his opponent businessman Pompee La Viña based on the ABS-CBN Halalan 2019 poll count. Moreno, running for his third and final term, garnered 155,579
GANASSI, Lanao del Sur (MindaNews / 14 May) – Eight people were wounded in three separate shooting incidents that could have been perpetrated by followers of rival political clans in this town afternoon of election day. The military said among
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – Newly elected representatives and councilors of Davao City’s 2nd and 3rd Districts were proclaimed on Tuesday afternoon, but the proclamation of the winning candidates in the 3rd District was delayed due to the failure of
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – For the first time, a Zubiri has tasted electoral defeat in Bukidnon. Incumbent Malaybalay City Mayor Ignacio Zubiri, who ran as second district representative of the province, lost to a newcomer – lawyer John Flores.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – Reelectionist South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance Fuentes conceded defeat Tuesday noon, a major upset in the political landscape of the province which she led either as governor and Congressional representative in the past 27 years.[]
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 14 May) — The suspects in the failed bombing attempt in Marantao, Lanao del Sur on Monday have admitted they were members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), according to Col. Romeo Brawner Jr., commanding
MARANTAO, Lanao del Sur (MindaNews / 13 May) – The military here said an attempt to throw an improvised explosive device near soldiers guarding polling precincts in an elementary school here failed when the bomber hit the windshield instead, the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – President Rodrigo R. Duterte arrived at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School to cast his vote on an hour and 30 minutes before voting closed on Monday. Accompanied by his common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña, the President arrived at
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – The military here said Monday’s elections in Lanao del Sur were generally peaceful, adding that martial law may be the main reason behind it. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr., commander of the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – Majority of the volunteers to the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) of the Diocese of Marbel who served in the May 13 mid-term national and local elections belong to the youth sector,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – City Mayor Sara Duterte on Monday expressed hopes the voters would vote for administration senatorial candidates to support her father, President Rodrigo R. Duterte, but acknowledged “this election will be the will of the majority
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – A total of 122 detainees cast their vote at the Malaybalay City Jail in Monday’s midterm elections through a special voting system designed for persons deprived of liberty. The exercise ran from 7-10:42 a. m.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – Voters at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School, where President Rodrigo R. Duterte had voted in previous elections, complained about having to wait for long and suffer the heat inside the polling precincts. Mae
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – A total of 110 vote-counting machines (VMCs) across Davao Region bogged down on Election Day, Police Regional Director Brig. Gen. Marcelo C. Morales said. Morales told a press briefing at Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – A mayoralty candidate was wounded while one of his supporters was killed in an alleged encounter with Army soldiers in Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur on the eve of Monday’s midterm elections. Zamboanga del
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – Voting in some parts of Region 12 were disrupted on Monday morning due to problems with the Vote Counting Machines (VCM) and the secure digital or SD storage cards. Lawyer Renato Magbutay, Commission on
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – At least 26 persons have been arrested in parts of Region 12 for violating the ban on selling and consumption of alcoholic products in line with the ongoing local and national midterm elections. Brig
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – Hitches that marred previous elections continued to disrupt voting on Monday’s midterm elections in parts of Bukidnon province. A number of vote counting machines (VCMs) were reported to have jammed in the towns of Don
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
Same family names? Swaps after “graduation” from three terms in office? Since People Power in 1986 toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy, we have trooped to the polls 10 times to elect our mayors, governors, local legislators and district
