By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Jay Apiag, Kontra Daya coordinator for North Cotabato province said their forecast was due to delays brought about by glitches of PCOS (precinct count optical scan) machines, the heavy rains that started 3 PM Monday and blackouts in the villages of Katipunan and Amas.
By ACE R. MORANDANTE
Davao Today
In schools that served as polling centers here, soldiers from the 25th Infantry are observed to have stayed nearer, less than five meters, to be exact.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“We hope you would still care for us because we are just fisherfolks. To those of you who would win, please don’t stop considering us,” said Aning Lagbas, a village functionary in Isla Poo, part of Kinablangan village.
By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today
“Natingala ko nganong wala among pangalan sa listahan nga naa man unta amoang Comelec voter’s ID. Unta gi check na nila.” – Marivic Escudero, a voter
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 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.
