Author: LUCELLE F. BONZO

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Read more about the article Davao fire leaves 1,000 families displaced, awaiting aid for rebuilding 
AFTERMATH. Burnt roofing sheets, twisted metal and standing concrete walls are all that remain of homes destroyed in the Oct. 15 fire in Sitio Bakal, Barangay Leon Garcia Sr. Residents navigate the rubble in the aftermath. (DAVAO TODAY Photo/Lucelle Bonzo)

Davao fire leaves 1,000 families displaced, awaiting aid for rebuilding 

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Residents in Barangay Leon Garcia Sr. whose houses were razed by a massive fire on Oct. 15 have begun clearing debris and demolishing ruined structures while…

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Read more about the article EL NIÑO WATCH: Mindanao farmers reel from El Niño crop losses, P540 million in damage reported

EL NIÑO WATCH: Mindanao farmers reel from El Niño crop losses, P540 million in damage reported

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – When the weather conditions are favorable, Enalyn Basarte's farm usually yields 30 sacks of corn. But this dry season, her corn plants produced small kernels that…

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Read more about the article First parliamentary polls mark BARMM democratic governance shift
LOOK: Early voting for senior citizens, pregnant women and people with disabilities at Cotabato City Central Pilot Elementary School was delayed Monday, Sept. 14. The voting was scheduled for 5-7 a.m. At approximately 6 a.m., polling precincts were still setting up voting equipment while early voters had already gathered at the school. Some senior citizens also had to go upstairs to upper floors to locate their assigned precincts. | via Ian Peter Guanzon

First parliamentary polls mark BARMM democratic governance shift

COTABATO CITY, Philippines—Violence, voting accessibility and ballot-handling issues marred the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections Sept. 14 in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Local observer group Katungod Bangsamoro called…

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Read more about the article Comelec ready for first BARMM parliamentary elections
LOOK: Police and military troops have been heavily deployed across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) days before its first parliamentary election on Monday, Sept. 14. The heightened security comes as voters prepare to elect members of the BARMM Parliament, in a vote tied to the Bangsamoro people’s long-standing aspiration for self-determination. | via Ian Peter Guanzon, Lucelle Bonzo

Comelec ready for first BARMM parliamentary elections

COTABATO CITY, Philippines—The Commission on Elections declared itself ready to conduct the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, citing completed preparations and a stable peace-and-order…

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Read more about the article ‘Secure the ballot, don’t intimidate voters’: Watchdog on BARMM poll security 
Katungod Bangsamoro convenes an orientation for the deployment of observers for the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm) Parliamentary elections happening Monday, Sept 14. (DAVAO TODAY photo/lan Peter Guanzon)

‘Secure the ballot, don’t intimidate voters’: Watchdog on BARMM poll security 

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—A local election watchdog urged security forces to protect voters without intimidating them after the government ordered tight security in the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections Monday, Sept. 14. …

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