DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Things were smooth for the Duterte family’s election day, with President Rodrigo Duterte and Mayor Sara Duterte enjoying VIP treatment at their precincts at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School (DRANHS). Representative
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has recommended a failure of elections to be declared in 15 barangays in Lanao del Sur after a spate of violence prevented voters from casting their ballots on
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 9 May) – Deadly shootings, mauling, riot and ballot snatching marred the conduct of the May 9 elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), reports from independent poll monitors showed. In Buluan,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – President Rodrigo R. Duterte cast his vote for the last time as the country’s chief executive on Monday at his hometown in Davao City. Duterte arrived at Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Three persons were killed in just a matter of hours after the polling places opened in Malabang town, Lanao del Sur on Monday. In Binidayan town, three supporters of a mayoralty candidate was
LUTAYAN, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 9 May) – Sultan Kudarat gubernatorial aspirant Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu cast his vote at the Tamnag Central Elementary School here around 11:30 a.m. Monday without much fanfare, and expressed optimism he will win by
Three members of a barangay peacekeeping action team (BPAT) were killed while another one was injured in a shooting incident Monday in Buluan town, Maguindanao. A report from the 16th Military Intelligence Company (16th MICO) said unidentified gunmen aboard two
KIAMBA, Sarangani (MindaNews / 9 May) – Boxing icon and presidential candidate Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao is confident that the poor will finally stand up for themselves and propel one who rose from among them to lead the country. Pacquiao,
LUTAYAN, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 9 May) – Volunteers of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) here complained they could not access the Voters ASK (VASK) mobile app, which apparently bogged down due to the volume of requests. Arjie
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – A candidate for vice mayor of Malitbog, Bukidnon and a barangay councilman were arrested Sunday for alleged violation of the election gun ban. In a report posted on Facebook, the Malitbog Municipal Police
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Mayor Sara Duterte has vowed that she will be a “loyal and supportive” vice president to former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. if their tandem wins in the national elections. But Duterte told reporters
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – As the campaign period for all candidates in the May 9 elections came to a close on Saturday, comical and awkward moments marred the campaign pitches of some local candidates to the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Former Anakpawis representative Ariel Casilao said they will file charges against individuals responsible for spreading a “fake resolution” of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) claiming that the poll body has disqualified the party
MATUNGAO, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews / 08 May) — A temporary detention cell made of lumber has been constructed in the middle of the school grounds to serve as holding area for any person who will disrupt the voting on
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 08 May) — Rampant vote-buying is allegedly happening in Glan, Sarangani, with barangay officials reportedly among those involved. Alano Abdulhalim, who is running for mayor under the Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma, said he is
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /08 May) — Mindanawon civil society leaders pushing for green initiatives are voting Vice President Leni Robredo for President. Among those in the list are two recipients of the Datu Bago award, the highest honor given to Davao
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 08 May) — Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi on Saturday evening said they will press charges against those responsible in the ruckus that happened inside the Bangsamoro Government Center, also referred to as the compound
TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 08 May) – Former beauty queen Sharifa Akeel Mangudadatu who is running for governor of Sultan Kudarat province, declared support to the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo shortly before the campaign period
By TSEK.PH Filipino voters head to the polls on Monday after months of being engulfed in a relentless and widening stream of falsehoods spewed out in multiple formats and platforms that is unprecedented in the country’s history. Tsek.ph’s second and
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 07 May) — Davao City Mayor and vice-presidential aspirant Sara Duterte has endorsed Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco for Representative of the 1st congressional district here. Duterte sent a video campaign message for herself and Climaco, expressing her
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 07 May) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rallied support Saturday for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo “for her commitment to champion
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 May) – Maria Victoria “Mags” Maglana embarked on a mobile ‘miting de avance’ in the last two days of the campaign – May 6 and 7 — stopping in various areas in the first congressional district
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 May) — A network of leaders and members of traditional, religious and multisectoral organizations, including the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) community in Zamboanga del Norte, has declared its support for Vice President Leni Robredo for
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 07 May) — Surigao del Sur Vice Governor Librado Navarro who was arrested with his wife on March 17 and detained at Medina Police Station in Misamis Oriental for syndicated estafa is out on
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 07 May) – The United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the political party of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), revealed Friday the senatorial candidates it will vote on May 9. Mohagher Iqbal, UBJP vice president for
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 May) — President Rodrigo Duterte advised his youngest son, Vice Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte to learn how to kill if he wants criminals to fear him as mayor of Davao City. The younger Duterte is running
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 06 May) — The removal of public school teachers who will serve as members of the Electoral Board (EB) for the May 9 national and local polls in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 06 May) – Authorities have tightened security in seven municipalities in Region 12 due to the possible occurrence of violent incidents in Monday’s national and local elections. Lawyer Renato Magbutay, director of the Commission on
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 06 May) – Vice President Leni Robredo ended her campaign in Mindanao with a grand rally attended by thousands of supporters at Naliyagan grounds of the provincial capitol compound in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 May) – Nur Misuari, founding chair of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) that fought the Marcos dictatorship, has declared support for Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., this time, for President. In 2016, Misuari endorsed the son
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 05 May) – Police have beefed up security in six municipalities in South Cotabato province that are considered “areas of concern” or potential hotspots in line with Monday’s local and national elections.Capt. Renjun Bagaman, public information
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 4 May) – With less than a week before the May 9 elections, Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), a coalition of around 100 organizations across the country, threw its support Wednesday to the presidential bid of Vice
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 May) – A simultaneous final testing and sealing of the vote counting machines (VCMs) has been scheduled on May 5 in the Davao Region in preparation for the May 9 national and local elections, the
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 3 May) – Beauty queen Sharifa Akeel-Mangudadatu, who is seeking the gubernatorial post in Sultan Kudarat province, received “the best gift” for Eid’l Fitr in the form of the cancelation of the certificate of candidacy (COC)
A post on Facebook that beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) could not get their benefits or will be removed from the list if they will not vote the reelectionist governors and mayors in their areas is fake
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews /3 May) – Because the politicians backing Leni Robredo in this city couldn’t agree on the venue for a rally and on their choice of vice president, the presidential candidate is skipping the scheduled rally
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 02 May) – Bukidnon’s legendary governor, Carlos Ozamiz “Totoy” Fortich opted to retire on February 2, 2001, a few months before his third term ended, reportedly to bolster Vice Governor Nemesio Beltran’s political stock for the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 02 May) – President Rodrigo Duterte called off the peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front (NDF) in 2017 and declared the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New Peoples’ Army (NPA) as “terrorists” but in
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 01 May)– Presidential aspirant Emmanuel Pacquiao offered flowers at the Press Freedom Monument here Saturday afternoon, April 30, to honor the 201 journalists murdered since 1986. Pacquiao is the 1st presidential aspirant to visit the
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) – Along the banks of the Tamontaka River near the majestic Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque or the Grand Mosque of Cotabato on March 25, Day 1 of the 45-day campaign period for local
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) – An overwhelming majority of the city’s 992,538 voters will vote for Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. for President and Sara Duterte for Vice President, and her siblings Sebastian and Paolo for Davao City Mayor and 1st district
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 29 April) – Only eleven candidates are vying for local positions in this quaint town in Sarangani Province’s western end in the May 9 general elections. That would mean only one candidate will lose after all
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 April) – A magna carta on informal economy is needed to protect workers belonging to this sector and give local residents access to better opportunities instead of make them rely on “ayuda” or cash aid,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 April) – Rodrigo Roa Duterte did not shun debates and election forums when he campaigned for the Presidency in 2016. His three children running for various posts, have been shying away from these in their 2022
