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‘Dragon Slayer’ ‘Kaka’ Bag-ao punches hole to Ecleo dynasty
By Vanessa L. Almeda on May 18 2013 5:05 pm
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/18 May)–Dubbed by the local media as the “Dragon Slayer,” Akbayan Rep. Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao finally punched a hole to the well-entrenched political dynasty of the Ecleos, a… »
Vote-buying, vote-selling "virus" active in SK polls
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on November 1 2010 9:58 am
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… »
Money rules elections in Caraga; polls in 9 barangays reset
By Alden Pantaleon on October 26 2010 11:25 pm
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… »
Armed men burn 2 school buildings in Pikit
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 26 2010 11:20 pm
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… »
Failure of election declared in Lambayong
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 26 2010 11:09 pm
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… »
In Davao City, voter 'impersonation' is the new trick
By Germelina Lacorte on October 25 2010 11:21 pm
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… »
Bukidnon's election materials arrive via cargo forwarder
By Walter I. Balane on October 25 2010 11:18 pm
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… »
All CDO polling precincts open Monday noon
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on October 25 2010 11:18 pm
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… »
Voting starts late in CDO, Gingoog City and Camiguin
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on October 25 2010 6:20 pm
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… »
Maguindanao Vice-Mayor held for electioneering offense but may face no charges
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on October 25 2010 6:18 pm
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… »
Voting in 5 Pikit barangays marred by sightings of heavily armed men
By Mindanews on October 25 2010 6:17 pm
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… »
Delivery of official ballots, other poll supplies for Malaybalay delayed
By Walter I. Balane on October 24 2010 10:12 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/24 Oct) — Teachers queueing for election paraphernalia from the City Treasurer’s Office here went home dismayed late Sunday afternoon upon hearing that election supplies from the Commission… »
Proxy wars, bidding in De Oro polls
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on October 24 2010 10:11 pm
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… »
NorthCot villagers seek transfer of venue of Monday's polls due to intense political rivalries
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 24 2010 10:10 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/24 Oct) – A village chair and residents of a Moro-dominated village in President Roxas town in North Cotabato province have sought transfer of the venue of the… »
PNoy, Justice Secretary urged to speed up process in giving justice to massacre victims
By Germelina Lacorte on October 24 2010 1:17 am
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… »
Toothpaste sachets, boxes of matches among giveaways in barangay election campaign
By Walter I. Balane on October 24 2010 1:16 am
KALASUNGAY, Malaybalay City (MindaNews/23 October) – Since the start of the campaign period on October 14, Marla Belican has been giving away 11-gram sachets of toothpaste to voters. A photocopied… »
C-CARE to field monitors in ARMM for barangay polls
By Mindanews on October 23 2010 11:16 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 October) – The Citizens Coalition for ARMM Electoral Reforms (C-CARE) , the group that has been monitoring the conduct of the local, regional and national elections in… »
R-12 police intensifies operations for Oct. 25 polls
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 22 2010 7:30 am
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… »
Rift mars work of poll monitor in ARMM
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 19 2010 10:17 pm
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… »
Malaybalay City: 46 barangays, 103 bets for barangay chair
By Walter I. Balane on October 19 2010 10:16 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/19 October) - One hundred and three candidates are vying for the 46 barangay chair posts in the city which are up for grabs on Oct. 25, with 11… »
More troops sent to Columbio in run-up to Oct. 25 polls
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 18 2010 11:47 pm
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… »
62 of 464 Bukidnon barangays are areas of concern in barangay, youth polls
By Walter I. Balane on October 18 2010 8:05 am
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… »
R-12 police urged to forge peace pacts among barangay, SK poll bets
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 13 2010 1:02 am
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… »
Lanao election officer survives ambush
By Mindanews on October 7 2010 11:01 pm
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… »
Barangay election in Cotabato heats up; bet decries harassment
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on October 3 2010 7:08 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/03 October) – The election season is heating up in the city with the burning of a jeep of a candidate for chair of Barangay Bagua Dos at… »
Election gun ban on; highway checkpoints up
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on September 25 2010 3:02 pm
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… »
ARMM poll watchdog prepares for October barangay elections
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on September 12 2010 9:28 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/12 September) – Forty-five volunteers of a poll monitor in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will gather for three days starting Monday in Iligan City to plan for the upcoming… »
Poll watch leader backtracks on Comelec’s Yusoph
By Froilan Gallardo on September 2 2010 10:36 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/2 Sept) — A well-known poll-watch leader has backtracked from his previous statement that Commissioner Elias Yusoph of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was one of… »
Dumarpa on Yusoph kidnapping: it's not me
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on July 22 2010 12:04 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/21 July) – Feeling alluded to earlier references by Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. that the kidnapping of Nuraldin Yusoph, son of election commissioner Elias Yusoph, was… »
Caraga pols realign, join P-Noy’s Liberal Party
By Alden Pantaleon on July 22 2010 12:03 am
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews) – A new political realignment in the Caraga region is shaping up as four of the six congressmen in four provinces have joined President Benigno Aquino III’s… »
Police official says Bukidnon crime rate slipped during election period
By Walter I. Balane on July 10 2010 9:38 am
M09crimerate MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 July) – Bukidnon’s crime rate from January to June 2010 decreased by 54 percent compared to the same period last year, provincial police director Senior Supt.… »
Marawi raid yields no kidnapped Comm. Yusoph’s son
By Violeta M. Gloria on July 4 2010 12:17 am
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/03 July) – Soldiers and policemen acting on a tip yesterday raided an apartment in Marawi City in search of the kidnapped son of Elections Commissioner Elias Yusoph… »
Elections commissioner’s son nabbed by own kin?
By Froilan Gallardo on June 26 2010 12:13 am
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews/25 June) – Nuraldin Yusoph, son of Elections Commissioner Elias Yusoph, is being held unrestrained by his kidnappers, some of whom are his relatives, somewhere in the hinterland… »
Comelec to reconvene Sarangani MBOC to correct errors
By Allen V. Estabillo on June 24 2010 8:49 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/24 June) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will reconvene Friday the Municipal Board of Canvassers (MBOC) in Maasim town in Sarangani Province to rectify the previous… »
Versoza to lead 10km PNP ‘Legacy Run’ in GenSan
By Allen V. Estabillo on June 23 2010 11:42 pm
Minus Ampatuans, Maguindanao celebrates ‘peaceful’ polls (2)
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on June 21 2010 11:55 pm
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao—In the province where the worst pre-election violence in Philippine history happened on Nov. 23, there was reason to celebrate when the worst-case scenarios on election day did not happen.
For security reasons, new Maguindanao gov to hold office in hometown (1)
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on June 21 2010 10:58 am
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/20 June) — Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu will take his oath of office as the new governor on June 30 and deliver his inaugural address in his hometown Buluan, 40 kilometers from the provincial capitol here.
Davao City pols’ poll spending reports ‘unbelievable’
By Mindanews on June 18 2010 1:56 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 June) – If the statements of election contributions and expenses for the May 10 elections submitted to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) are to be believed, the… »
Violence mars special polls in Lanao del Sur, “where election is business”
By Violeta M. Gloria on June 5 2010 11:13 am
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / June 4) – A child died from stray bullets as armed followers of politicians in Lanao del Sur shot it out with rivals in a special… »
Mindanao’s elected: same faces, same family names (3): The Representatives
By Mindanews on June 4 2010 4:46 pm
Last of three parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 June) — Only one of 56 congressional districts has no proclaimed winner: the second congressional district of Lanao del Sur where a failure… »
Special polls in Lanao Sur, Basilan Sarangani and Samar
By Mindanews on June 3 2010 8:09 am
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews/03 June) – Special elections will be held today in 215 clustered precincts in four provinces, three of them in Mindanao, which experienced failure of elections on May… »
Mindanao's elected: The City Mayors (2)
By Mindanews on June 2 2010 9:32 pm
2nd of three parts The 19 reelected city mayors are Dale Corvera of Cabadbaran, Dominador Jalosjos, Jr. of Dapitan, Evelyn Uy of Dipolog, Ruth de Lara Guingona of Gingoog, Lawrence… »
Mindanao’s elected: same faces, same family names (1)
By Mindanews on June 2 2010 10:22 am
1st of three parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 June) — The “new” set of Mindanao’s top officials is not exactly new. Of 25 Mindanao governors, 16 are reelected, two are brothers… »
Rep. Pinol to sue CIDG chief over report on killing of supporter
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 25 2010 12:05 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/24 May) – Outgoing Cotabato 2nd District Rep. Bernardo Pinol Jr. is set to file administrative charges against the regional director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group… »
CIDG report clears Catamco’s escorts
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 23 2010 7:47 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/22 May) — The lawyer and political advisers of Congresswoman-elect Nancy Catamco in North Cotabato’s second district claimed the investigation report of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group… »
Maasim mayoralty winner to Comelec: nullify erroneous proclamation
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 22 2010 10:55 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / May 21) – An administration mayoralty aspirant in Maasim town in Sarangani province has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to immediately nullify the earlier… »
Aide denies losing bet ordered burning of houses in Montawal
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 21 2010 9:34 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/20 May) – The personal secretary of a defeated mayoral candidate in Montawal town in Maguindanao has vehemently denied their involvement in the burning of several houses in… »
Armed men burn houses in Montawal; politics eyed
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 20 2010 7:19 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/19 May) — More than a hundred villagers from a town in Montawal, Maguindanao fled to nearby Kabacan town in North Cotabato on Sunday when some 70 armed… »
'Warlordism' typifies ARMM polls, says poll monitor
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 18 2010 10:47 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 May) – Despite speed in counting and tabulation of election results, still, the elections on May 10 in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) were characterized… »
Ismael Veloso Mastura, the reluctant candidate
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 17 2010 10:48 am
SHARIFF AGUAK , Maguindanao (MindaNews/16 May) – If Ismael “Dustin” Veloso Mastura, 39, had a choice, he would be happy running for vice mayor of Sultan Kudarat town. But fate… »
