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.
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 BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
We cannot grasp the enormity of the responsibility we have at our hands as voters. But we are going to shape a nation which is mired by corruption, poverty, armed conflicts, human rights violations and economic sabotage.
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.
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
The behavior of the Comelec district attorney is not surprising. Certain public officials, thinking that the little authority invested in their official position, also grant them the license to be arrogant. They act like little emperors or empresses over their little dominions or “turfs.”
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Somo and Sopo, according to Del Mundo, “are requisites to ensure the safe and orderly process of the release of the POWs to the International Committee of the Red Cross, concerned provincial officials of the Aquino government and church leaders, who shall then turn over the POWs to their respective families.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE–TUBURAN
Davao Today
“We recognize the statement as unfortunate and we are sorry for it,” Balisado said, as he lamented that the news already went viral, especially in the social media.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
As the reliability of the PCOS source code remains in question, Professor Aya Ragragio, coordinator of poll watchdog Kontra Daya in Southern Mindanao, said, “(T)he task to monitor the polls remains daunting.”
Teachers from various schools in Davao City picket outside the Commission on Elections-XI office Thursday demanding for a public apology…
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
Clearly, this practice of bestowing endorsement to electoral candidates reveals a condition of uninformed electorate. For why should voters base their judgment on the endorsement of someone if they are knowledgeable of the faculties and qualities of the candidates? Is this not a revelation of the ignorance of the citizenry about the politics of their country or about the competence of the political aspirants?
By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today
Esther Sison, Election Officer III of Comelec-Sto. Tomas, said there was no reported hardware problem on ballot-counting machines and no PCOS machines have malfunctioned.