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Relief of Davao’s Comelec director urged

Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. today called for the relief of the director for Southern Mindanao of the Commission on Elections following reports that the official was involved in the padding and shaving of votes in Davao City and Davao del Sur.

Pimentel, whose son Aquilino III had earlier complained that his votes in the senatorial race in Davao City had been shaved by as many as 85,000 votes, said Comelec regional director Remlane Tambuang was involved in what he called “dagdag-bawas operation” in Davao City and Davao del Sur.
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Banana firms scored for failure to settle dispute over aerial spraying

DAVAO CITY — The failure of the city government and the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) to come up with an amicable settlement over aerial spraying can only be blamed on the resistance of the banana industry group to adhere to the aerial spraying ban.

And this resistance is borne out of greed for money.

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Groups fear more election-related violence

By Germelina A. Lacorte
Davao Today

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The partylist group Suara Bangsamoro said Sunday the latest bombing in Cotababto City could have been staged to draw the people’s attention away from the allegedly massive cheating and electoral fraud in Maguindanao and other areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
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