By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Somo and Sopo, according to Del Mundo, “are requisites to ensure the safe and orderly process of the release of the POWs to the International Committee of the Red Cross, concerned provincial officials of the Aquino government and church leaders, who shall then turn over the POWs to their respective families.”
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Rice, according to Mella, has been proven to be one of the most effective items to win votes, particularly from those who are living below the poverty line. “Hangga’t gutom ang tao, nabibili ang boto nya sa tatlong kilong bigas lamang (as long as the people are hungry, their votes could be bought for even three kilos of rice),” she said.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE–TUBURAN
Davao Today
“We recognize the statement as unfortunate and we are sorry for it,” Balisado said, as he lamented that the news already went viral, especially in the social media.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
As the reliability of the PCOS source code remains in question, Professor Aya Ragragio, coordinator of poll watchdog Kontra Daya in Southern Mindanao, said, “(T)he task to monitor the polls remains daunting.”
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
Clearly, this practice of bestowing endorsement to electoral candidates reveals a condition of uninformed electorate. For why should voters base their judgment on the endorsement of someone if they are knowledgeable of the faculties and qualities of the candidates? Is this not a revelation of the ignorance of the citizenry about the politics of their country or about the competence of the political aspirants?
By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today
Esther Sison, Election Officer III of Comelec-Sto. Tomas, said there was no reported hardware problem on ballot-counting machines and no PCOS machines have malfunctioned.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
In a phone interview, Father Cristopher Ablon of rights group Karapatan-Northern Mindanao, confirmed it was Estelita Tacalan whose mug shots were furnished to them by the local media.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“This is a manifestation of the peoples’ anger over the recurring six to eight hours daily rotational brown-outs,” Ruby Padilla-Sison, secretary general for Makabayan-North Cotabato
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“Sa dugay nang panahon, walay pagduhaduha ang mga magtutudlo nga mohatag sa ilang tinuoray nga serbisyo aron lang gyud mogawas ang tinuod nga resulta sa eleksyon. Maong sakit kaayo paminawon nga tawagon mi’g istupido ug limtanon.” — Elenito Escalante, president of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers of the Philippines Davao Region Union
By ACE R. MORANDANTE
Davao Today
PO3 Maula Tato Ali was turned over to the peace advocacy group Sowing the Seeds of Peace in Mindanao and later brought to the Bishop’s Palace in Kidapawan City for a press conference.
