By GERMELINA LACORTE
Foreign observers said they’re aware that Filipinos will be braving bullets and bribes in today’s first ever automated elections but hope that their presence will deter electoral fraud.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has placed the city under its control in the country’s first automated elections.
By CJ KUIZON
Three of the five religious groups earlier reported to have been backing the mayoralty bid of House Speaker Prospero Nograles in Davao City denied making such an endorsement.
By GERMELINA LACORTE
Power outages in Davao City has lengthened to two and a half to three hours a day on the eve of the May 10 elections owing to the reduction of power supplied by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines to DLPC which distributes power in the city, Ross Luga, DLPC corporate communications officer, said.
By GERMELINA LACORTE
Twenty-three years after the ratification of the Philippine Constitution that ensured the public’s right to know, the hunt for information in the country remains a deadly game, the former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said.
By GRACE S. UDDIN
At a time when some politicians want to tamper with the Constitution to stay in power and allow the entry of foreign investments, Satur Ocampo who is running for Senate, talks about the need to continue the nationalist tradition started by Claro M. Recto, Lorenzo Tañada and Jose Diokno as the only hope for the country to develop.
By GRACE S. UDDIN
Among the crowd in Ponciano, Minda Marces, 68, said she had been a constant Duterte supporter for years. But she is not sure if she will also vote for Aquino.
