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Read more about the article City Council looking to require defibrillators at all health and public facilities
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City Council looking to require defibrillators at all health and public facilities

The City Council proposed to have an ordinance mandating to put up a defibrillator in sports event following the death of an athlete in a recent sports event held in the city.

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Read more about the article Fire razes Davao coastal urban poor community
Fire broke out in a residential area at the back of Sta Ana Police Station at Purok 3, Isla Verde, Brgy.23-C Friday morning gutting around 150 houses.( Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Fire razes Davao coastal urban poor community

About 150 houses Friday were razed by a huge fire, Friday noon, at Brgy 23-C Isla Verde, an urban poor community in a coastal area here.

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Read more about the article PCIJ REPORT | Watchdogs monitor more bad machines
Elections at Buldon Central Elementary School in Barangay Mataya, Municipality of Buldon, Maguindanao Province experienced delays at around 7 am as some vote counting machines (VCMs) failed to function. (Trisha Aligato/davaotoday.com)

PCIJ REPORT | Watchdogs monitor more bad machines

A DISASTROUS mess. That, in a nutshell, is the picture painted by field reports obtained by PCIJ from poll watchdogs National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) and Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) regarding the pilot testing of the Voter Registration Verification Machines (VRVMs) during the May 13, 2019 elections.

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Read more about the article PCIJ REPORT | A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machines to verify voters conked out, not used at all
Residents in Barangay Buhangin participate ?in ?the ?f?inal ?t?esting and ?s?ealing of the ?voting? c?ounting ?machine?s? ?(VCM?)? at the Buhangin Elementary School? in Davao City?. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

PCIJ REPORT | A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machines to verify voters conked out, not used at all

THE MAY 2019 elections have been declared to be fraud-free by both election officials and watchdogs, but by all indications, its conduct and process were not entirely fault-free.

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