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Read more about the article Retired police edges barangay captain implicated in leaked sex photos
NEW CAPTAIN. Rolando Trajera, a retired police officer and barangay kagawad (councilor) promises to pour in infrastructure to address the flooding issue. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Retired police edges barangay captain implicated in leaked sex photos

In the city’s biggest barangay Bucana 76-A, a tight race for the post of barangay captain saw former barangay councilor (kagawad) Rolando Trajera beating incumbent Robert Olanolan, who figured recently in leaked nude photos with his former girlfriend.

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Read more about the article Photo Essay : Brgy election mess-ups
LOST. Hercules Gemigaya, 69, searches for his name in precincts in Daniel R. Aguinaldo National HIgh School but goes home after searching for hours to no avail. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Photo Essay : Brgy election mess-ups

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.

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Read more about the article Missing names mar ‘orderly’ conduct of election in Davao
Voters looking for their names in voters' list in Cesario Villa Abrille Elementary School at Barangay 76-A. (davaotoday.com photo by Tyrone A. Velez)

Missing names mar ‘orderly’ conduct of election in Davao

by EARL O. CONDEZA, ACE R. MORANDANTE, JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA, TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today DAVAO CITY (12:00 nn) – Election officers claimed the barangay election as “orderly.” But…

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Read more about the article NPA declares “POW” status for captured village officials, militiamen
ON GUARD. A member of the New People’s Army Rhyme Petalcorin Command stands guard during the release of Police Officer 3 Ruben Nojapa, Jr. Tuesday in Mawab, Compostela Valley. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

NPA declares “POW” status for captured village officials, militiamen

The New People's Army has given a “prisoner of war” status to “five Cafgu paramilitary forces” who were “captured” in the village center of Barangay Mansanitas, Loreto town, Agusan del Sur after they raided a detachment of the Philippine Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion, 11am of October 24.

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Read more about the article NPA taxation a reality, just pay them – Duterte

NPA taxation a reality, just pay them – Duterte

“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.

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