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By RITCHE T. SALGADO
With reports from JOSEPH BACUD
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Region 7 boasted of an 80 percent voter turnout. Pagbabago! Cebu said a number of votes were disenfranchised due to the Comelec's inability to foresee simple and preventable problems.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Before profusely patting itself on the back, the Comelec first has to identify and account for the mess created by its lack of preparedness to be able to remedy the problems for the next automated elections.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
With reports from CIELO EUNICE FLORES
Reports reveal more problems toward the end of election day.
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
As in most parts of the country, long queues and technical glitches affected the conduct of elections in Central Visayas. In Cebu, there were reports that indicated that only 50 percent of voters have been accommodated by 6:45 p.m.
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Nothing seems to have changed in the conduct of elections in Lanao.
By CARLOS H. CONDE
Despite the promise of order that computerization brings, the conduct of the elections in Maguindanao province and other areas in Mindanao leaves much to be desired.
By MARYA SALAMAT
The snail's pace in the voting process would create more problems than just the long lines voters have to endure.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The May 10 elections have officially began. As expected, the first five hours were far from smooth.
By ANGEL S. AVERIA JR. / EU-CenPEG Project 3030/AESWatch
The cloud of doubt that hovers over the credibility and acceptability of the election results come May 10, 2010 has grown darker.
By SONNY AFRICA / IBON Features
Candidates can cultivate an image of reform but what exactly, beyond the predictable motherhood statements, can and will they do?
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO, ANDREA ZARAH DAYAO, ANNE EDNALYN DELA CRUZ and ALEXANDRA GARBRIELLA FRANCISCO
With reports from PAGBABAGO! PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE
There are 61 candidates for senator, and yet only a few have been covered by the media. Thus, only the old names - those running for reelection or making a comeback - are making it to the top 12.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Buried beneath the mudslinging are the platforms or lack of it and position on issues of the presidential candidates. Bulatlat based the following report on the stand of the different presidential candidates from the analysis and criteria produced by Pagbabago!
By ANDREA ZARAH DAYAO and JENNY DE VENECIA
Long-battered not only by storms but also by extreme poverty, the urban poor are asking presidential candidates and the next administration for immediate relief and long-term solutions to their problems.
By MARYA SALAMAT
There is blood in your coffee - This aptly describes Nescafe and other Nestle products after the series of violent attacks on the Nestle workers' picket line, the death of 10 striking workers due to poverty and illnesses, and the political killing of Diosdado Fortuna, union president. And yet, eight years later, the management still refuses to budge, despite a Supreme Court ruling favoring the workers.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
As the elections are drawing near, threats against nominees of progressive party-list groups such as Kabataan are intensifying.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It’s a miracle if we will have a clean, peaceful, successful and credible elections.” - Fr. Joe Dizon of Kontra Daya.
BY ANDREA ZARAH DAYAO, ANNE EDNALYN DELA CRUZ and CIELO EUNICE FLORES
Little is known about what party-list groups represent and what they have done since party-list elections were first held in 1998.
By PAULINE GIDGET ESTELLA and KRISTINE ABIGAIL LINGBAOAN
Whoever wins the top position in the May 10 elections should generously increase the budget for health. The government must deploy more practitioners especially in poor communities, where people could not afford quality healthcare.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The fashion show, also a satirical commentary, serves as platform -- literally and figuratively -- for the people’s issues.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Previous revisions in the Labor Code have served to deprive workers of their hard-won rights. Now, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines are pushing for more.
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