By Ruby Thursday More on May 13 2013 5:51 pm
Wafa Mabang, 48, uses the flashlight in her mobile phone to help her choose her candidates as she casts her vote at the Talitay Elementary School in Pikit, North Cotabato… »
By Toto Lozano on May 13 2013 3:44 pm
While waiting for their turn to vote, mothers set up baby swings outside a voting center at the Nabundas Elementary School, Shariff Aguak town in Maguindanao on Monday 13 May… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 13 2013 12:33 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 May) — Boxing sensation and re-electionist Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel Pacquiao has expressed confidence of a big win by his own party People’s Champ Movement (PCM) here… »
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 13 2013 12:00 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) — A suspected improvised explosive device went off inside the Pilot Central Elementary School of Kabacan, North Cotabato at 12am today, the 7th Infantry Battalion said.… »
By Manny Valdehuesa on May 10 2013 7:28 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — Allow me to take this opportunity to project an urgent message to fellow Mindanaons concerning the forthcoming elections. With the elections only a… »
By Roel Catoto on May 10 2013 7:22 pm
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — With only a few days left before election day, vote-buying has been reported in this city and in various towns across Surigao del Norte with… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 10 2013 7:18 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – Three persons, two of them confirmed supporters of a candidate for mayor in M’lang, North Cotabato, survived attempts on their lives Thursday, police said. Senior… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 10 2013 6:37 pm
KORONADAL CITY(MindaNews/10 May)—The power generation units of the Alcantara Group in Mindanao have been instructed to be on full alert to ensure stable electricity supply to the Mindanao grid during… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 10 2013 6:33 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – An election official here appealed to local candidates and their supporters to remain calm and abide by their signed peace covenants even as the… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 10 2013 6:30 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — It’s all systems go for the May 13 automated local and national elections here and other parts of Region 12 the Commission on Elections… »
By Babylyn Kano-Omar/VERA Files on May 10 2013 7:08 am
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi (MindaNews/10 May) — The delivery of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines for the nine towns of the province finally pushed through despite coordination problems with Airfreight2100 (Air… »
By Vera Files on May 10 2013 7:01 am
THE Supreme Court has unseated a mayor in Lanao del Norte and barred him from seeking re-election in Monday’s polls because of his continued use of a U.S. passport. Voting… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 8 2013 1:30 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – With less than a week left before the May 13 polls, election watchdog Kontra Daya urged residents here and in the neighboring areas to… »
By Geonarri Solmerano on May 6 2013 8:44 pm
Members of a board of election inspectors (BEI) in Kidapawan City reorient themselves on the operation of a precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine that will be used in the… »
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on April 30 2013 6:00 pm
BANISILAN, North Cotabato (MindaNews/30 April) – A candidate for councilor in Banisilan, North Cotabato was shot dead Sunday night after a campaign rally in the town center, a police official… »
By Manny Valdehuesa on April 16 2013 8:55 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/13 April)–Two really big issues every voter should confront as Election Day nears are political dynasties and the gratuitous Pork Barrel funds that congressmen and senators… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 15 2013 9:41 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/15 April) — Journalists covering the May 13, 2013 elections should focus on issues, campaign profiles and tactics of politicians to present better reports on the political exercise,… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 9 2013 7:10 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 April) — Commission on Elections (Comelec) personnel here have launched another round of massive dismantling or removal of campaign materials that were set up in places… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on April 2 2013 6:23 pm
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/2 April)—Candidates of local opposition party Koalisyon nan mga Oposisyon sa Surigao (Kosug) hit the campaign trail Monday with a proclamation rally attended by an estimated 4,000 supporters.… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 2 2013 6:18 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/2 April)– The local governments of South Cotabato and Koronadal City have asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt their emergency financial assistance programs from the… »
By Violeta M. Gloria on March 13 2013 6:29 am
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) – Electoral candidates in Lanao del Sur and this city signed on Monday a covenant to end violence and political machination that made the… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on February 8 2013 6:53 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/7 February) – Considered the “underdogs,” the Barbers brothers vowed to give their rival Matugas family a good fight in the May 2013 local political race. Ace and… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 8 2013 6:44 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/7 February)—Police in North Cotabato filed Thursday murder complaints against two of the alleged killers of Kabacan Vice Mayor Policronio Dulay. Sr. Insp. Rodel Calo, head of the… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on January 28 2013 10:03 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – Eighteen of 26 Mindanao governors are seeking reelection on May 13 but six of them need not campaign: they are running unopposed. As in past… »
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on January 24 2013 11:56 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/24 January)–Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu called on local candidates in the May 13 elections to sign a province-wide covenant to ensure honest and peaceful elections in the area.… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 22 2013 9:45 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 January) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to conduct a series of field tests for the precinct count optical scan or PCOS machines here… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on January 19 2013 7:23 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 18 January) — The “learning spaces” or tents put up by the Department of Education (DepEd) to temporarily hold classes may be used as polling precincts in… »
By Walter I. Balane on January 15 2013 7:05 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/14 January) – A community-based news outfit, Bukidnon News, has initiated a documentation and research project concerning voters’ education in the province for the May 2013 elections. Dubbed… »
By Walter I. Balane on September 16 2012 8:48 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/16 September) – It’s back to 2001 in 2013 with the return of the Zubiri-Calingasan team for governor and vice governor. Vice Governor Jose Ma. Zubiri will run… »
