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.
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.
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.
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.
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
As in most parts of the country, long queues and technical glitches affected the conduct of elections in Central Visayas. In Cebu, there were reports that indicated that only 50 percent of voters have been accommodated by 6:45 p.m.
By DEE AYROSO Photos by DANA BATNAG and BEDETTE LIBRES Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- The beating of the gangsa for Cordillera Day 2010 – the 30th year of Macliing Dulag’s martyrdom – marked the continued fight of the indigenous peoples for land and...
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By DAISY C. GONZALES Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY — When farmer Rufina Parojinog, 71, casts her vote on May 10, she would encounter new election gadgets which the poll body, the Commission on Elections, assures us to be easy to use. With her...
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