Davao Today managing editor Cheryll D. Fiel, who is in Compostela Valley covering the elections along with foreign observers, reports that soldiers in Pantukan town have put up camps in…
Below is the statement of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on election day:
Pahayag ng Pangulo sa Araw ng Halalan
Sa araw na ito ay nagkaisa ang sambayanang Pilipino sa likod ng demokrasya. Ipinagmamalaki natin ang ating kasaysayan bilang malayang bansa.
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MANILA — Every vote counts, but not every one who intended to vote today succeeded to do so.
This was the reality documented by members of the Peoples’ International Observers Mission (Peoples IOM) Manila team who received complaints of missing and deactivated names in voters’ lists today.
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MANILA — Foreign observers from the Makati team of the People’s International Observers Mission (People’s IOM) witnessed first-hand an incident of vote-buying on the eve of the elections at 10 p.m., May 13, near the intersection of United Nations Avenue and Taft Avenue, in Manila.
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MANILA — At 10 am today, Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today cast his vote for Anakpawis and senatorial candidates as well as candidates for local government posts at the Commonwealth Elementary School in Manggahan.