The progressive Bayan Muna partylist renewed its call on government to release all political prisoners following the death of an elderly political detainee Friday morning.
The government said there is no reason for the elections to be disrupted by power shortage despite the bombing of the transmission towers of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
An elderly peace consultant of the National Democratic Front died Friday morning after another episode of cardiac arrest.
Two gasoline station attendants fell victims to robbers in Calinan district here on Thursday night.
Progressive lawmakers expressed support to the move to reopen the Mamasapano probe, the botched operation in Maguindanao province, which claimed the lives of 44 special action troopers and civilians last year.