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2010 Elections: Dutertes Proclaimed as Winners in Davao Polls
2010 Elections: Dutertes Proclaimed as Winners in Davao Polls
By CHERYLL D. FIEL / Davao Today
The City Board of Canvassers in Davao lowered the threshold of votes necessary for the winning candidates to be proclaimed winners. The Board proclaimed the winners five hours after it resumed counting of votes on Wednesday, May 12.
2010 Elections: Davaoeños Endure Long Lines to Vote
2010 Elections: Davaoeños Endure Long Lines to Vote
By JETTY AYOP-OHAYLAN AND MARIETTA BASTE-HERNANI / Davao Today
In Marahan Central Elementary School in the city’s third district, the voting pace was slow, and even those who went before the poll centers opened waited for five hours for their turn to vote. The school had two precincts with 1,000 total voters. By noon, only 30 percent of the total number has cast their votes.
2010 Elections: In Davao, First Automated Elections Leave Some Voters Angry
2010 Elections: In Davao, First Automated Elections Leave Some Voters Angry
By GERMELINA LACORTE / Davao Today
Carmen Gultiano, a voter in one of the precinct clusters at the Daniel Aguinaldo National High School, came out of her precinct tired, agitated and unable to hide her frustrations after spending six hours just to vote. Gultiano arrived at her precinct at eight o’clock in the morning and was only able to vote at two thirty in the afternoon.
2010 Elections: Snail-paced Voting in Davao Blamed on New Clustering Scheme
2010 Elections: Snail-paced Voting in Davao Blamed on New Clustering Scheme
By CHERYLL D. FIEL / Davao Today
It was not the machine glitches that many people were worried about but the poll clerk’s hunt for names of registered voters and other verification procedures that slowed down the voting process in the recently-concluded elections.
2010 Elections: Give Due Credit and Compensation to Teachers Serving in Elections – ACT
2010 Elections: Give Due Credit and Compensation to Teachers Serving in Elections – ACT
By PAULINE GIDGET R. ESTELLA
Teachers who served during the May 10 elections had to carry the burden of the lack in preparations of the Comelec. They also had to endure the people's anger at the long queues and yet some have not yet been paid.
2010 Elections: Foreign Observers Shocked by Fraud, Irregularities, and Violence in May 10 Elections
2010 Elections: Foreign Observers Shocked by Fraud, Irregularities, and Violence in May 10 Elections
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"We came to observe a clean, democratic elections, but I cannot conclude that it was," said Justine Kiwanuka, a delegate of the People's International Observers' Mission.
2010 Elections: Outdated List, Missing Names Hound Some Voting Precincts in Davao
2010 Elections: Outdated List, Missing Names Hound Some Voting Precincts in Davao
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN / Davao Today
In Buhangin area, a voter saw the name of a dead relative while others look for the name of a living family member.
Benjie Oliveros | Has the Country Achieved a Clean, Honest, and Democratic Elections?
Benjie Oliveros | Has the Country Achieved a Clean, Honest, and Democratic Elections?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Election automation was able to fix what is happening inside the precincts, however, it was not able to solve the politics of guns, goons, and gold outside of it.
From a Weak Republic: Challenges for the Next Administration
From a Weak Republic: Challenges for the Next Administration
By SONNY AFRICA / IBON Features
The challenges that the looming Aquino administration faces are gigantic but could be addressed if it has the readiness to act.
2010 Elections: Barangay Tanods in Davao Detain Nograles Supporter
2010 Elections: Barangay Tanods in Davao Detain Nograles Supporter
By GRACE S. UDDIN / Davao Today
A supporter of House Speaker Prospero Nograles was detained at the Sta. Ana police station for alleged vote buying on the day of the elections.
2010 Elections: Poll Watcher Killed in Maragusan Attack, Says Military
2010 Elections: Poll Watcher Killed in Maragusan Attack, Says Military
By GRACE S. UDDIN / Davao Today
Captain Emmanuel Garcia, spokesperson of the 10th ID-AFP, said an undetermined number of rebels attacked soldiers of the 66th Infantry Battalion escorting a group of Board of Election Inspectors (BEI’s) for the canvassing of votes at the municipal hall of Maragusan.
Ang Piniling Messiah
Ang Piniling Messiah
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO
Si Noynoy ang choice ng elite society, at maging ng masa na ang tanging naibigan ay ang hindi mag-iisa sa pagdanas ng abstrakto (hindi aktwal) na kadiliman. At kung magpakaganito, ang eleksyon ay nagpoposturang parang pagsisimba o kumpisal, na matapos ng paghuhugas ng kasalanan at muling pangungumunyon ay ang reafirmasyon ng pagiging tila bago, at kung gayon, ng muling pagdanas ng parehong kondisyon at pwersa hanggang sa susunod na metapisikal na pagbabanyuhay.
2010 Elections: Despite Relatively Peaceful Voting in Abra, Tension and Fear Still Prevails
2010 Elections: Despite Relatively Peaceful Voting in Abra, Tension and Fear Still Prevails
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Team of foreign election observers experience threat, harassments, and intimidation by military in Abra.
2010 Elections: Twenty Percent of Voters in Cebu Disenfranchised
2010 Elections: Twenty Percent of Voters in Cebu Disenfranchised
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
With reports from JOSEPH BACUD
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Region 7 boasted of an 80 percent voter turnout. Pagbabago! Cebu said a number of votes were disenfranchised due to the Comelec's inability to foresee simple and preventable problems.
News in Pictures: Deputy Attache of US Department of Homeland Security Seen in Abra During Elections
News in Pictures: Deputy Attache of US Department of Homeland Security Seen in Abra During Elections
BANGUED, ABRA -- Theodore C. Lopez of the US Embassy together with three other companions were in Abra during the elections. Theodore C. Lopez approached a delegate of the PIOM while waiting for the opening of the canvassing area in the Provincial Capitol. The PIOM team asked Vanessa Roncal, supervisor of the Comelec in the region, if she knew about the presence of US embassy personnel in Bangued. Roncal replied that the US embassy personnel came right after the PIOM paid a visit to the Comelec Regional office.
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