By CJ KUIZON The PIOM also reported incidents of vote buying – in cash and in kind – and the military’s vigorous vilification campaign against partylists and senatorial candidates critical of the Arroyo administration.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL The City Board of Canvassers lowered the threshold of votes necessary for the winning candidates to be proclaimed winners. The Board proclaimed the winners five hours after it resumed counting of votes on Wednesday, May 12.
By GRACE S. UDDIN Captain Emmanuel Garcia, spokesperson of the 10th ID-AFP, said an undetermined number of rebels attacked soldiers of the 66th Infantry Battalion escorting a group of Board of Election Inspectors (BEI's) for the canvassing of votes at the municipal hall of Maragusan.
By GRACE S. UDDIN A supporter of House Speaker Prospero Nograles was detained at the Sta. Ana police station for alleged vote buying on the day of the elections.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN In Buhangin area, a voter saw the name of a dead relative while others look for the name of a living family member.