Read more about the article NPA says arrest of Gov. Uy’s police escort, a warning to all armed candidates
HELPING HANDS. “We’re so devastated,” Compostela Valley Governor Arturo Uy says Friday referring to the damage that typhoon Pablo brought to his province. He added, “But seeing people helping hands lifted our morale.” (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

NPA says arrest of Gov. Uy’s police escort, a warning to all armed candidates

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

The arrest and detention of Pansoy as “prisoner of war” and the confiscation of firearms, Ibarra noted, is a warning not just against Uy and his party mates, but to all candidates who are armed for they will be targets of the NPA “to protect the people” and to defend their territories.

Continue ReadingNPA says arrest of Gov. Uy’s police escort, a warning to all armed candidates

Brownouts in Mindanao during elections, highly possible, DOE official says

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

Citing that Mindanao mainly depends on the Agus-Pulangi hydro complex, which accounts for half of the island’s power supply, Llaneza said the most that the government can do is “minimize” power interruptions.

Continue ReadingBrownouts in Mindanao during elections, highly possible, DOE official says