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LOST. Hercules Gemigaya, 69, searches for his name in precincts in Daniel R. Aguinaldo National HIgh School but goes home after searching for hours to no avail. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Photo Essay : Brgy election mess-ups

Monday's barangay election posed the same problem: Voters failing to find their names, teachers serving as board of election tellers (BETs) exhausted while delivering ballot boxes late at night to the Commission on Elections.

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Read more about the article Missing names mar ‘orderly’ conduct of election in Davao
Voters looking for their names in voters' list in Cesario Villa Abrille Elementary School at Barangay 76-A. (davaotoday.com photo by Tyrone A. Velez)

Missing names mar ‘orderly’ conduct of election in Davao

by EARL O. CONDEZA, ACE R. MORANDANTE, JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA, TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today DAVAO CITY (12:00 nn) – Election officers claimed the barangay election as “orderly.” But…

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Read more about the article NPA declares “POW” status for captured village officials, militiamen
ON GUARD. A member of the New People’s Army Rhyme Petalcorin Command stands guard during the release of Police Officer 3 Ruben Nojapa, Jr. Tuesday in Mawab, Compostela Valley. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

NPA declares “POW” status for captured village officials, militiamen

The New People's Army has given a “prisoner of war” status to “five Cafgu paramilitary forces” who were “captured” in the village center of Barangay Mansanitas, Loreto town, Agusan del Sur after they raided a detachment of the Philippine Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion, 11am of October 24.

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Read more about the article Ex-UP professor enters “not guilty” plea to gun, murder charges
Kim Gargar share light moments with his parents inside the Baganga Municipal Jail

Ex-UP professor enters “not guilty” plea to gun, murder charges

Former University of the Philippines professor, Kim Gargar, on Thursday pleaded “not guilty” to cases filed against him by the government military.

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Read more about the article We don’t want enemies, only help – Bohol Mayor Evasco
ASSISTANCE. Compostela Valley Governor Arturo Uy (right) and New Bataan Mayor Balbin (middle) thank the mayors of Bohol represented by Maribojoc Mayor Leoncio Evasco (left) for the PHP 2 million worth of financial assistance to the victims of typhoon Pablo. Carmen Mayor Che delos Reyes and Tagbilaran Mayor Dan Neri Lim also visited the area Friday. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

We don’t want enemies, only help – Bohol Mayor Evasco

Maribojoc town mayor Leoncio ‘Jun’ Evasco clarified his position in barring the Philippine National Red Cross from distributing relief packs in his quake-torn town in Bohol, saying he was all for centralization of the relief effort while at the same time shunning dole-outs.

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