Election

Read more about the article PCIJ REPORT | A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machines to verify voters conked out, not used at all
Residents in Barangay Buhangin participate ?in ?the ?f?inal ?t?esting and ?s?ealing of the ?voting? c?ounting ?machine?s? ?(VCM?)? at the Buhangin Elementary School? in Davao City?. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

PCIJ REPORT | A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machines to verify voters conked out, not used at all

THE MAY 2019 elections have been declared to be fraud-free by both election officials and watchdogs, but by all indications, its conduct and process were not entirely fault-free.

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Read more about the article Election watchdog tells bets: Stop using gov’t funds, resources to woo votes
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)

Election watchdog tells bets: Stop using gov’t funds, resources to woo votes

Political hopefuls should stop using government funds and resources to woo votes, a poll watchdog said on Tuesday as the campaign period for senators and party-list groups officially started today, February 12 with political bets on a campaign trail to woo votes from voters across the country.

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Read more about the article ‘An insult to PH workers,’ Manggagawa Party-list reacts to Comelec en banc disqualification resolution
(Photo from Manggagawa Partylist's Facebook page)

‘An insult to PH workers,’ Manggagawa Party-list reacts to Comelec en banc disqualification resolution

MANGGAGAWA Party-list slammed on Wednesday the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc to disqualify them to join the 2019 midterm polls, saying such decision insults the Filipino workers.

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Read more about the article No election hotspots in Davao — PRO 11
Teachers acting as board of election tellers sorted the ballots before counting. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

No election hotspots in Davao — PRO 11

Police here said that there are no identified election hotspots in Davao region as the whole country gears up to the upcoming senatorial and local elections this year.

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