Politics

Polls still BEIs’, voters’ nightmare

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May 13, 2013

By CHERYLL D. FIEL

Davao Today

The machine started rejecting ballots at past nine in the morning forcing the BEIs to shut down the machine.  To the dismay of first-time voters who were excited to experience casting their votes the automated way, the ballots were dropped manually at the PCOS machine bin, before BEIs took it out and placed it in a separate folder for counting.

Journalists’ survival guide for safe election coverage

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May 12, 2013

By DAVAO TODAY
Davao Today

The Media Safety Office of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) and the International Federation of Journalists has released a set of guidelines to help both local and national reporters, photojournalists and mediamen in covering this Monday’s midterm elections.

NPA releases military, police captives in ComVal

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May 11, 2013

By ACE R. MORANDANTE & JACOB P. NEPOMUCENO

Davao Today

The NDF said the arrest of Pansoy “reflected the NPA’s consistent compliance to the people’s defense guidelines banning armed politicians and campaigners in revolutionary territories,” while the arrest of Tomas “demonstrated the NPA’s commitment in exacting revolutionary justice against a fascist AFP unit responsible for killing and wounding of children under the pretext of “legitimate encounter” with the NPA.”

Vote buying by “Santa-Candidato”

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May 10, 2013

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO

Davao Today

Rice, according to Mella, has been proven to be one of the most effective items to win votes, particularly from those who are living below the poverty line.  “Hangga’t gutom ang tao, nabibili ang boto nya sa tatlong kilong bigas lamang (as long as the people are hungry, their votes could be bought for even three kilos of rice),” she said.