Fears of a first time voter in May’s automated elections

By DAISY C. GONZALES For Rufina Parojinog and over 50 million voters nationwide, it would be their first time to see an unfamiliar pre-printed election ballot. It will be quite unlike the manual elections where voters fill up the ballot to cast a vote.

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Power execs warn of longer brown-outs

By GERMELINA LACORTE Top executives of the country’s second biggest power distribution firm warned of much longer brown-outs in Mindanao as the declining water level of Agus and Pulangi rivers further push down Mindanao’s power generation capacity by about half of the island’s existing power needs.

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