The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has expressed concern over a disqualification order against a mayoral candidate allegedly issued by the poll body which it said it did not issue.
Rumors circulating that a town mayor in Misamis Occidental was arrested following a raid in his home that reportedly yielded firearms was false, according to the provincial police.
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-10 (CIDG-10) is looking into the possibility that unlicensed firearms may be used to supply would-be gunmen to harass and intimidate political candidates.
The continued attacks on the country’s press community have reached an alarming level, an international media watchdog has noted.
Law enforcers in Manolo Fortich town held hundreds of peasants from Bukidnon this morning, April 19 while en route to this city to conduct a protest rally on Good Friday.