Posts by tag: davao

12 years ago

FIRST VOTER

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At exactly 7 AM Monday, the voting starts in Talomo Central Elementary School in Davao City. This woman is the…

12 years ago

REJECTED

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The third voter in this clustered precinct in Talomo Central Elementary School in Davao City has to try, many times,…

12 years ago

EDUCATORS’ RAGE

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Teachers from various schools in Davao City picket outside the Commission on Elections-XI office Thursday demanding for a public apology…

12 years ago

Today’s View: Endorsement, anyone?

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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? 

12 years ago

Teachers to Comelec official: “We’re not stupid, we demand public apology!”

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By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN

Davao Today

“Sa dugay nang panahon, walay pagduhaduha ang mga magtutudlo nga mohatag sa ilang tinuoray nga serbisyo aron lang gyud mogawas ang tinuod nga resulta sa eleksyon.  Maong sakit kaayo paminawon nga tawagon mi’g istupido ug limtanon.” — Elenito Escalante, president of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers of the Philippines Davao Region Union

12 years ago

TEST

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A poll watcher casts her vote during the final testing and sealing of PCOS (precinct count optical scanner) machines Monday…