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TROUBLESHOOT. A PCOS (precinct count optical scanner) technician assists Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) insert the CF card to the machine. BEIs in one of the clustered precincts in Davao City’s Buhangin Central Elementary School had trouble operating the machine during the final testing and sealing Monday. (davaotoday.com photo by Marilou Aguirre-Tuburan)

Missing names, violations, PCOS glitches mar Elections’ first hours

DAVAO TODAY POOLED REPORT
Davao Today

According to poll watchdog Kontra Daya, machines in Panacan didn’t immediately turned on while those in Don Julian Elementary School in Agdao just shut down.

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Read more about the article Relief goods used for vote buying in DavOr
Witnesses say they receive PHP 600 each to vote for Arturo Monday, a candidate for mayor. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Relief goods used for vote buying in DavOr

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

Poll watchdog Kontra Daya said vote buying in Davao Oriental “is a common knowledge,” this is as they monitored fraud, corruption and violence in Pablo-hit areas like Lupon, Mati and Baganga.

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Read more about the article Today’s View: Vote wisely
FILE PHOTO.This picture was taken in May 9, 2013. A passerby ignores the campaign posters of both local and national candidates that practically cover this side of Davao City’s Buhangin District. (davaotoday.com photo by Wether b. Saldaña)

Today’s View: Vote wisely

By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today

We cannot grasp the enormity of the responsibility we have at our hands as voters.  But we are going to shape a nation which is mired by corruption, poverty, armed conflicts, human rights violations and economic sabotage. 

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Journalists’ survival guide for safe election coverage

By DAVAO TODAY
Davao Today

The Media Safety Office of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) and the International Federation of Journalists has released a set of guidelines to help both local and national reporters, photojournalists and mediamen in covering this Monday’s midterm elections.

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