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Read more about the article Davao’s count machines to undergo final check 4 days before polls
REJECTED. The third voter in this clustered precinct in Talomo Central Elementary School in Davao City has to try, many times, feeding the official ballot in the PCOS machine Monday morning. A number of PCOS in Davao City were reported to have malfunctioned, a thing that was confirmed by Comelec-XI Director lawyer Wilfred Jay Balisado. (davaotoday.com photo by Jandy Ken C. Lizondra)

Davao’s count machines to undergo final check 4 days before polls

The final testing and sealing of the vote counting machines (VCMs) in the city will be done four days before local and national elections on May 9.

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Read more about the article Duterte, Cayetano top UP Mindanao mock election
"Pulso ng UP Mindanao" mock-election (Photo from UP Mindanao website)

Duterte, Cayetano top UP Mindanao mock election

The tandem of Presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano topped the mock election held last April 27 to 29 in the University of the Philippines in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Labor Day battlecry: Workers call to stop contractualization, low wages 
ONWARD. On the 129th International labor day, some 5,000 workers in Southern Mindanao march from Magsaysay Park to Rizal Park, bringing banners of thinkers that have inspired revolutions in the Third World. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Labor Day battlecry: Workers call to stop contractualization, low wages 

For nine years, Lester Pillado works as a contractual in a fruit processing company here.

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