barangay election 2013

Read more about the article Retired police edges barangay captain implicated in leaked sex photos
NEW CAPTAIN. Rolando Trajera, a retired police officer and barangay kagawad (councilor) promises to pour in infrastructure to address the flooding issue. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Retired police edges barangay captain implicated in leaked sex photos

In the city’s biggest barangay Bucana 76-A, a tight race for the post of barangay captain saw former barangay councilor (kagawad) Rolando Trajera beating incumbent Robert Olanolan, who figured recently in leaked nude photos with his former girlfriend.

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Read more about the article Photo Essay : Brgy election mess-ups
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 Peaceful turnout of polls belie ‘critical’ tag of Paquibato
CROWDED. Voters line up patiently in voting precincts in Paquibato. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)

Peaceful turnout of polls belie ‘critical’ tag of Paquibato

The only trouble these teachers, acting as board of election tellers (BET) encountered were dead people included in the voters’ list, a drunk entering the voting premises in Mapula Elementary School and acting as a guide, and residents claimed other voters’ identities in a school in Salapawan village.

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