By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
The machine started rejecting ballots at past nine in the morning forcing the BEIs to shut down the machine. To the dismay of first-time voters who were excited to experience casting their votes the automated way, the ballots were dropped manually at the PCOS machine bin, before BEIs took it out and placed it in a separate folder for counting.
By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today
Chairman of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) Emelia Jordan said that she could not identify the cause of the problem, “(D)espite the fact that correct procedures were followed.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Jeffrey (not his real name) said his wife and the rest of the 1,700 residents in their village were also given the same amount each by one Elisa Madulog at around 11 AM Sunday. “They prepared a list of those who will vote and who will not,” he said.
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
The behavior of the Comelec district attorney is not surprising. Certain public officials, thinking that the little authority invested in their official position, also grant them the license to be arrogant. They act like little emperors or empresses over their little dominions or “turfs.”
By ACE R. MORANDANTE & JACOB P. NEPOMUCENO
Davao Today
The NDF said the arrest of Pansoy “reflected the NPA’s consistent compliance to the people’s defense guidelines banning armed politicians and campaigners in revolutionary territories,” while the arrest of Tomas “demonstrated the NPA’s commitment in exacting revolutionary justice against a fascist AFP unit responsible for killing and wounding of children under the pretext of “legitimate encounter” with the NPA.”
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
Peace comes with a high price. It comes not just with a symbol of a dove and the signing of agreements. It comes with a commitment to achieve actual results through genuine and sincere reforms for the majority of the people.
