Activist councilor, Duterte ally seizes control over ‘Nograles barangay’
From being a college editor-in-chief, Sangguniang Kabataan chair, to city councilor, close Duterte ally Angela Librado-Trinidad now holds a new title -- barangay captain.
LOST. Hercules Gemigaya, 69, searches for his name in precincts in Daniel R. Aguinaldo National HIgh School but goes home after searching for hours to no avail. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
Photo Essay : Brgy election mess-ups
Monday's barangay election posed the same problem: Voters failing to find their names, teachers serving as board of election tellers (BETs) exhausted while delivering ballot boxes late at night to the Commission on Elections.
CROWDED. Voters line up patiently in voting precincts in Paquibato. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)
Peaceful turnout of polls belie ‘critical’ tag of Paquibato
The only trouble these teachers, acting as board of election tellers (BET) encountered were dead people included in the voters’ list, a drunk entering the voting premises in Mapula Elementary School and acting as a guide, and residents claimed other voters’ identities in a school in Salapawan village.
Voters looking for their names in voters' list in Cesario Villa Abrille Elementary School at Barangay 76-A. (davaotoday.com photo by Tyrone A. Velez)
Missing names mar ‘orderly’ conduct of election in Davao
by EARL O. CONDEZA, ACE R. MORANDANTE, JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA, TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today DAVAO CITY (12:00 nn) – Election officers claimed the barangay election as “orderly.” But…
CHILD AT WORK. Ryan, 13 says he earns PHP 10 for every motorcycle he cleans outside the Davao City Hall. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Wanted: anti-child labor barangay officials
Kaugmaon executive director Florie Butiong-Tacang said their campaign has only reached ten per cent success in minimizing child labor working on hazardous conditions. Their study showed cases where children worked in packing urea fertilizer in a refinery, and others cleaning bottles for a recycling plant. In both cases, children worked without protective gear and even worked overnight for days.