Read more about the article Official says Comelec helpless on candidates’ premature campaigning
HANDS TIED. Atty. Marlon Casquejo, Comelec Davao assistant regional director says they cannot act on the candidates who are pre-campaigning due to the existing Supreme Court ruling which says that a candidate who is running for the elections can only be considered a candidate at the start of the campaign period. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Official says Comelec helpless on candidates’ premature campaigning

An official of the Commission on Elections admitted that their hands are tied over the premature campaigning of some candidates due to an existing ruling of the Supreme Court.

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Read more about the article 12 farmers arrested in barricade vs. UP Mindanao road construction
A resident in Bago Oshiro, Tugbok District Davao City is arrested by the police last Monday in a barricade put up to oppose the construction of a road in UP Mindanao. (Photo from Himati)

12 farmers arrested in barricade vs. UP Mindanao road construction

Twelve members of Sitio 117 Bago Oshiro Farmers’ Association were arrested on Monday morning after violence erupted between residents and the forces of Davao City Police Office (DCPO) at UP Mindanao-Manambulan Road during the construction of the DPWH road project.

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Davao del Norte Congressman tags Suaybaguio’s move ‘incomprehensible,’ ‘unfortunate’

Davao del Norte First District Rep. Anthony del Rosario on Tuesday tagged the move of Davao del Norte Vice Governor Victorio Suaybaguio as “unnecessary, unexpected and incomprehensible.”

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