ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– The police are conducting a follow-up investigation to establish the identities of gunman in a gun attack that marred the eve of the barangay elections in Pagadian City,…
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Sarangani bet nabbed for alleged vote-buying, illegal campaigning
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, (PNA) — Police and election personnel are set to file vote-buying and illegal campaigning charges against a candidate for a village council seat in Alabel town in Sarangani Province…
Barangay election in Olongapo City generally peaceful
OLONGAPO CITY, (PNA) -– The conduct of barangay election here is generally peaceful with there is no report of election-related incidents. City election officer lawyer Dictador Untayao said that since the start…
3,484 checkpoints set up in Bicol
CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, (PNA) -– A total of 3,484 checkpoints has been set up in the Bicol region since Sept. 28 up to Monday. Chief Supt. Victor P. Deona, Police…
First election-related violent incident reported in Negros Oriental
DUMAGUETE CITY, (PNA) -– Police are now tracking down a man who allegedly attacked a policeman in the far-flung village of Owacan in Jimalalud, Negros Oriental shortly after noon Monday at the…
Senior citizens, PWDs laud special voting in GenSan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, (PNA) — For the first time in the city’s election history, senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) from an urban village here were allowed to cast their votes…
70% of voters in Dagupan already cast their votes
DAGUPAN CITY, (PNA) — Only few voters are now flocking to the polls in various election centers in Dagupan as of 1 p.m. Monday. An estimated 70 percent of the voters already…
Voters complain of ‘missing’ names, master lists in polling precincts
By Judy Flores-Partlow DUMAGUETE CITY, (PNA) –- Many voters in Dumaguete City are complaining of not having voted yet in Monday’s barangay polls as they could not find their names at their…
More than 81,000 bets vie for 32,408 barangay posts in W.Visayas
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — A total of 81,213 candidates are running for the 32,408 elective positions at stake in 4,051 barangays in Western Visayas in Monday’s barangay elections, data from the Commission…
Widespread vote-buying, political partisanship mark otherwise peaceful barangay election in Albay
LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) — Alleged widespread vote-buying and political partisanship marked Monday’s barangay election in this province, but generally, the electoral exercise went smoothly. As of noon Monday, the barangay election was…
Tension grips Malolos City voting precinct as flying voter manages to cast vote
MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, (PNA)–Tension gripped a polling precinct in Barangay Sumapang Matanda here after a flying voter managed to cast a vote under a registered voter’s name Monday morning. Marilyn de Guzman…
PNP reaction team nabs four armed men in Leyte on eve of Election Day
CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, (PNA) — The police had foiled what could be a potential eruption of violence in the region’s industrial capital with the arrest of four fully-armed men who are reportedly…
Peaceful barangay polls noted in Tarlac
TARLAC CITY, Tarlac, (PNA) -– The conduct of barangay elections in the province was relatively peaceful as no untoward election-related incidents have been reported so far. Sr. Supt. Alfred Corpus, Tarlac provincial…
Gunmen try, but fail to disrupt election in Dimataling, Zambo Sur
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– The election for barangay officials went on as scheduled despite attempt by gunmen to disrupt the political exercise in one of the barangays in Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur,…
Soldiers, cops serve as BETs in NorCot town after teachers refuse poll duties for security reason
PIKIT, North Cotabato, (PNA) — Voting in at least 13 barangays here only started at about 1 p.m. after some confusions and refusal of public school teachers to serve due to security…