Politics

Photo Essay : Brgy election mess-ups

Photo Essay : Brgy election mess-ups

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Oct 29, 2013

Monday’s barangay election posed the same problem: Voters failing to find their names, teachers serving as board of election tellers (BETs) exhausted while delivering ballot boxes late at night to the Commission on Elections.

We don’t want enemies, only help – Bohol Mayor Evasco

We don’t want enemies, only help – Bohol Mayor Evasco

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Oct 23, 2013

Maribojoc town mayor Leoncio ‘Jun’ Evasco clarified his position in barring the Philippine National Red Cross from distributing relief packs in his quake-torn town in Bohol, saying he was all for centralization of the relief effort while at the same time shunning dole-outs.

Today’s View : Barangay Elections – A Microcosm of  Patronage Politics

Today’s View : Barangay Elections – A Microcosm of Patronage Politics

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Oct 22, 2013

The festive atmosphere is of course a masquerade. Behind the merriment and the hullabaloo are the clandestine vote-buying and other shady deals that transpire in the dark between patrons and candidates. The patrons are usually figures from a political party or a political dynasty. . And there are more happenings between the candidates and followers, and so on and so forth. Oh, sometimes, between the contending bets themselves!

NPA taxation a reality, just pay them – Duterte

NPA taxation a reality, just pay them – Duterte

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Oct 22, 2013

“It’s a fundamental question for business: is it good to do business in the mountains? Do we give in to them? it’s a reality that has to be talked openly, since the NPA is more active now in Region 11, notwithstanding the statements from the AFP” Mayor Duterte said.