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"Nakaboto ang mga buwaya at patay sa Karomatan," complained re-electionist Rep. Abdullah Mangotara of the second district yesterday.


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Businesswoman kidnapped in Zamboanga del Sur

By J.A. Rimando | October 16, 2011 - 12:00am

At least seven heavily armed men, believed to be members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, kidnapped a businesswoman at Barangay Poblacion, Pitogo in this province Friday morning.

Nation

Seized Pagadian boy freed after 2 months

By J. A. Rimando | January 27, 2011 - 12:00am

Kidnappers have released an 11-year-old boy who they seized along with his 65-year-old grandmother here two months ago.

Nation

Annul poll results in Dimaporo town, solon asks Comelec

By Jess Diaz | May 28, 2001 - 12:00am

A re-electionist Lanao del Norte congressman petitioned the Commission on Elections yesterday to annul the results of the May 14 elections in the town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo, formerly Karomatan. In his petition,...

Nation

Annul poll results in Dimaporo town, solon asks Comelec

May 27, 2001 - 12:00am

A re-electionist Lanao del Norte congressman petitioned the Commission on Elections yesterday to annul the results of the May 14 elections in the town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo, formerly Karomatan. In his petition,...

Nation

In Lanao, the dead, crocs voted — solon

By Jess Diaz | May 21, 2001 - 12:00am

As in previous elections, the birds, bees, crocodiles, and even the dead might have voted in some areas in Lanao del Norte in the May 14 polls. "Nakaboto ang mga buwaya at patay sa Karomatan," complained re-electionist...

News Commentary

In Lanao, the dead, crocs voted — solon

By Jess Diaz | May 20, 2001 - 12:00am

As in previous elections, the birds, bees, crocodiles, and even the dead might have voted in some areas in Lanao del Norte in the May 14 polls. "Nakaboto ang mga buwaya at patay sa Karomatan," complained re-electionist...

News Commentary

‘Put Dimaporo town under Comelec control’

April 30, 2001 - 12:00am

A Lanao del Norte congressman petitioned the Commission on Elections yesterday to put the hometown of the Dimaporo clan under its direct control to prevent irregularities in the May 14 elections. The town of Sultan...

Nation