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Tension remains high as supporters of the unseated mayor, Jovito Martin, armed
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COTABATO CITY -  Supporters of a municipal mayor in Maguindanao burned down the
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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

Suspects in town hall burning still scot-free

March 17, 2001 - 12:00am

SOUTH UPI, Maguindanao — It has been a year now since native partisans set on fire the municipal hall here in protest of a court ruling that unseated the town mayor for electoral fraud, but most of the arson...

Nation

Armed backers of ousted mayor gird for hostilities

By John Unson | March 20, 2000 - 12:00am

SOUTH UPI, Maguindanao - This town's ousted mayor continues to defy orders from higher authorities to peacefully yield his post and dismantle the barricade that about 1,000 of his supporters, mostly tribal folk,...

Headlines

Supporters of ousted mayor burn town hall

By Roel Pareño | March 16, 2000 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY - Supporters of a municipal mayor in Maguindanao burned down the town hall after a court ruled that he had lost the last election and should vacate his post immediately, authorities said. The...

Headlines