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                    [Title] => Vote recount in South Upi underway
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — A recanvass of votes in the May 10 polls is finally underway in South Upi, Maguindanao to determine the winner among the three mayoral candidates.


This, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has invalidated the separate proclamations of the three aspirants as winner, for which the South Upi election officer is now being prosecuted.


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                    [Title] => Comelec denies slow count, vows to finish job in 9 days
                    [Summary] => Better slow but sure than hasty but inaccurate.


Despite what may seem to be an interminably slow canvass of votes, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it may be able to complete its task of canvassing all votes in eight to nine days.


Comelec Commissioner Resurreccion Borra said the poll body could accomplish the tedious task of counting every ballot in unprecedented time if they sacrifice accuracy for speed.


"We want to be much (more sure), more accurate, rather than sacrifice accuracy" for speed, he said.


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                    [Title] => DILG regional head wounded by burglar
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — A burglar shot and seriously wounded the Central Mindanao director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) inside his house here before dawn last Friday, police said.


Inspector Roger Legaspi, chief of Precinct II of the city police, said DILG regional director Buagas Sulaik was shot in the abdomen and was rushed to a hospital in Davao City.


Legaspi said Sulaik’s attacker carted away a cellular phone and other valuables.


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                    [Title] => North Cotabato poll exec probed for ‘mulcting’
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — The regional office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start investigating today the alleged "collection" by a North Cotabato municipal poll officer of P10,000 from each barangay chairman in his jurisdiction supposedly in exchange for their unlimited use of validating machines.


The action of lawyer Clarita Callar, Comelec director for Central Mindanao, was in response to a complaint from Fr. Armand Dice, parish priest of Banisilan, a remote town in North Cotabato, about the alleged mulcting by the municipal election officer. 


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                    [Title] => 1,500 more troops dispatched to Sulu
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — About 1,500 government troops set sail for Sulu yesterday to fight forces loyal to renegade Gov. Nur Misuari of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) prepared for Monday’s elections to choose Misuari’s successor.


The three infantry battalions in full battle gear left Zamboanga City aboard transport ships to reinforce about 5,000 troops sent earlier to the island, who are fighting Moro National Liberation Front guerrillas belonging to Misuari’s faction.


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                    [Title] => Maguindanao town has 2 proclaimed mayors!
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — Two mortal enemies, both declared mayor-elect of Kabuntalan, Maguindanao, yesterday assumed office and warned each other of serious repercussions if one would not give in to the other.


Worse, lawyer Clarita Callar, Comelec’s regional director in Central Mindanao, could not give any explanation on the frenzy, except to insinuate that it is up to their central office in Manila to resolve the issue.


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                    [Title] => Maguindanao town has 2 proclaimed mayors!
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Worse, lawyer Clarita Callar, Comelec’s regional director in Central Mindanao, could not give any explanation on the frenzy, except to insinuate that it is up to their central office in Manila to resolve the issue.


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                    [Title] => Maguindanao townsfolk assail ‘cheating’ in mayoral canvass
                    [Summary] => PARANG, Maguindanao — Hundreds of Muslim and Christian residents staged yesterday an indignation rally in front of the police headquarters of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) here, assailing the alleged cheating in the ongoing canvassing of this town’s mayoral votes inside the camp.


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                    [Title] => Maguindanao townsfolk assail ‘cheating’ in mayoral canvass
                    [Summary] => PARANG, Maguindanao — Hundreds of Muslim and Christian residents staged yesterday an indignation rally in front of the police headquarters of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) here, assailing the alleged cheating in the ongoing canvassing of this town’s mayoral votes inside the camp.


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                    [Title] => Bystander hurt in blast near mayor’s residence
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — An innocent bystander was wounded when a still unidentified man blasted the other night a fragmentation grenade near the house here of a Maguindanao town mayor, the second election-related bomb attack in the city this week.


Probers said the wounded civilian, Jack Dagandal, is now undergoing medication at a local hospital.


The lone bomber, according to probers, was first seen suspiciously walking past the gate of the residence of Datu Saudi Ampatuan, re-elected mayor of Datu Piang, Maguindanao. 


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                    [Title] => Vote recount in South Upi underway
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This, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has invalidated the separate proclamations of the three aspirants as winner, for which the South Upi election officer is now being prosecuted.


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Comelec Commissioner Resurreccion Borra said the poll body could accomplish the tedious task of counting every ballot in unprecedented time if they sacrifice accuracy for speed.


"We want to be much (more sure), more accurate, rather than sacrifice accuracy" for speed, he said.


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Inspector Roger Legaspi, chief of Precinct II of the city police, said DILG regional director Buagas Sulaik was shot in the abdomen and was rushed to a hospital in Davao City.


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The action of lawyer Clarita Callar, Comelec director for Central Mindanao, was in response to a complaint from Fr. Armand Dice, parish priest of Banisilan, a remote town in North Cotabato, about the alleged mulcting by the municipal election officer. 


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Probers said the wounded civilian, Jack Dagandal, is now undergoing medication at a local hospital.


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Vote recount in South Upi underway

September 19, 2004 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — A recanvass of votes in the May 10 polls is finally underway in South Upi, Maguindanao to determine the winner among the three mayoral candidates. This, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec)...

Nation

Comelec denies slow count, vows to finish job in 9 days

By Jose Aravilla | May 18, 2004 - 12:00am

Better slow but sure than hasty but inaccurate. Despite what may seem to be an interminably slow canvass of votes, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it may be able to complete its task of canvassing all...

Headlines

DILG regional head wounded by burglar

April 11, 2004 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — A burglar shot and seriously wounded the Central Mindanao director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) inside his house here before dawn last Friday, police said. Inspector...

Nation

North Cotabato poll exec probed for ‘mulcting’

September 25, 2003 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — The regional office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start investigating today the alleged "collection" by a North Cotabato municipal poll officer of P10,000 from each...

Nation

1,500 more troops dispatched to Sulu

November 24, 2001 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY — About 1,500 government troops set sail for Sulu yesterday to fight forces loyal to renegade Gov. Nur Misuari of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as the Commission on Elections...

Headlines

Maguindanao town has 2 proclaimed mayors!

July 1, 2001 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Two mortal enemies, both declared mayor-elect of Kabuntalan, Maguindanao, yesterday assumed office and warned each other of serious repercussions...

Nation

Maguindanao town has 2 proclaimed mayors!

July 1, 2001 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Two mortal enemies, both declared mayor-elect of Kabuntalan, Maguindanao, yesterday assumed office and warned each other of serious repercussions if one would not give in to the other. Worse,...

Nation

Maguindanao townsfolk assail ‘cheating’ in mayoral canvass

By John Unson | May 29, 2001 - 12:00am

PARANG, Maguindanao — Hundreds of Muslim and Christian residents staged yesterday an indignation rally in front of the police headquarters of the Autonomous Region...

Nation

Maguindanao townsfolk assail ‘cheating’ in mayoral canvass

By John Unson | May 29, 2001 - 12:00am

PARANG, Maguindanao — Hundreds of Muslim and Christian residents staged yesterday an indignation rally in front of the police headquarters of the Autonomous Region...

Nation

Bystander hurt in blast near mayor’s residence

By John Unson | May 26, 2001 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — An innocent bystander was wounded when a still unidentified man blasted the other night a fragmentation grenade near the house here of a Maguindanao...

Nation