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2010 Elections: Violence, Glitches Mar First Five Hours of the Automated Elections

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The May 10 elections have officially began. As expected, the first five hours were far from smooth.
News in Pictures: Groups Troop to Ampatuan Mansion in Davao, Condemn Continuing Injustice and Whitewash
DAVAO CITY — The Alliance Against Impunity in Mindanao, Kalinaw Mindanao, Sisters Association in Mindanao and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan led the people’s outrage in Davao City over Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra’s callous decision to drop charges against the two of the suspected perpetrators of the Ampatuan Massacre. The protest was part of the commemoration of the 5th month of the Ampatuan Massacre.
Candidates Should Face Up to Corporate Logging in Davao, Says Indigenous Peoples Group
PRESS RELEASE April 10, 2010 Davao City — National indigenous sectoral group KATRIBU Partylist challenged local candidates to address the logging problem in Davao City as it received reports from Manobo leaders in Brgy. Malabog, Paquibato District regarding the illegal logging operations in the area. Area reports say illegal logging activities are being conducted in…
Fears of a First Time Voter in May’s Automated Elections
By DAISY C. GONZALES Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY — When farmer Rufina Parojinog, 71, casts her vote on May 10, she would encounter new election gadgets which the poll body, the Commission on Elections, assures us to be easy to use. With her failing eyesight, she said, she might not be able…
News in Pictures: Remembering Rebelyn
Human-Rights Defenders back Lumads Facing Trumped-Up Charges
PRESS RELEASE March 2, 2010 For how can a lumad farmer, suspected of being a member of the New People’s Army (NPA), take part in an ambush when he was practically miles away from the ambush site as he was participating in a national farmers’ mobilization in Manila? Or how can another farmer join the…
In Davao, Duterte Father and Daughter Team Up Against Nograles
By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— The much-awaited showdown between Davao’s two fiercest political opponents begins as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and daughter Sara Duterte formally declared a team up against House Speaker Prospero Nograles’ bid for mayor in the city. Vice Mayor Sara Duterte, who runs for mayor in the city, filed both…
News in Pictures: Families of Slain Activists in Davao Hold Picket
Families of slain political activists in Southern Mindanao join progressive groups in a picket in front of the 10th Infantry Division Headquarters in Camp Panacan, Davao City. (Photos by Barry Ohaylan / davaotoday.com)
News in Pictures: Dog Show at Davao’s Kadayawan
A handler guides his dog during the 3rd National Ultimate Dog Sports Dog Agility and Mondio Ring competition in Davao City on Saturday. The event is just one of the main attractions of the 24th Kadayawan Festival of the city. (Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)
Slideshow: Outside Manila, the Same Indignation
Outside Manila, the Same Indignation