BOODLE FIGHT. Senatorial candidates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza dine with the masses at the Agdao public market during the March 3 campaign visit of the Nacionalista Party in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Jose Hernani)...

Lawyer Danilo Cullo, Commission on Elections first district officer, talks about the basics of the automated elections that every Filipino should know when they cast their votes on May 10, 2010. Cullo’s talk is part of the radio segment, “Hisgutanang Nag-Pakapaka (Panglawas, Kalingawan,Panginabuhian...

The office of Councilor Angela Librado-Trinidad, along with Bayan Muna (People First) political party, has initiated poll automation seminars as early as October of last year to orient voters in different puroks and barangays on this year’s automated elections. The poll automation briefing is aimed at...

MANILA — A 2010 election watchdog group launched yesterday is geared not only to monitor the upcoming elections, but also to rally the public to respond accordingly should the electorate’s will be frustrated. Kontra Daya 2010, which was launched yesterday morning in Intramuros, Manila, has this early...

House Speaker and Davao City mayoral candidate yesterday monopolized the first local election forum, declaring that his peace and order program would not be limited to small fries in the criminal community. Continue...

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— A teacher’s group in the region is worried over the delays on the teachers’ scheduled training on poll automation. Gloria Arcenas, secretary-general of Kamkem-Alliance of Concerned Teachers, said teachers who will serve as Board of Election Inspectors in the...

The body of Tamano Kamindan Mamalapat, an alleged hit man of the Ampatuan clan is taken out of Gaisano Citimall (former JS Gaisano) in Davao City.  Mamalapat was shot at around 7 p.m., Thursday by one of the police escorts of the Ampatuans’ political rival Esmael “Toto”Mangudadatu who is...

YOUTH belonging to Kabataan Partylist held a cultural parade at the Freedom Park, urging people to oppose electoral fraud and violence in the upcoming May 2010 elections. (davaootoday.com photo by Barry...

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY—Three problems cropped up during the mock elections at the Generoso Elementary School in Bago Aplaya village in Davao City on February 6, Saturday. The first problem occurred when a ballot jammed inside the Precinct Count Optical Scanning machine (PCOS). Upon...

DAVAO CITY— The Kabataan Partylist stormed the regional office of the Comelec (Commission on Elections) to compel it to immediately start the resumption of voter’s registration as mandated by the Supreme Court. The extension of registration was granted by the Supreme Court acting upon the motion from the...

Listen to Bayan Muna Rep.�Ocampo�talk about the new political�group�Makabayan or Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan�(patriotic and pro-people’s coalition) during the October 18 radio talk show “Eskwelahan sa Kahanginan (School on the Air),” aired over DXDC-RMN radio.� The talk show is a...

By CJ KUIZON Davao Today DAVAO CITY — Scholars of House Speaker Prospero Nograles, the Davao City first district Representative, are worried. When the congressman steps down after his last term in 2010, they fear that funds for the scholarship program “Oplan Kaalam” will also end. So,...

A study by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has put the Philippines in international limelight again. Under the leadership of President Macapagal-Arroyo, our country has topped the list of the highest number of victims of internal displacement or forcible displacement. In the article by Jeof Maitem...