Opposition senatorial candidate Francis "Chiz" Escudero talks to election officials as he arrives at his hometown of Sorsogon in southeastern Philippines to vote in the country's local elections Monday. (AP photo)
CEBU CITY -- (Updated 8:48 p.m.) Election-related violence and the usual problem of voters failing to find their names in the list marred the conduct of the mid-term elections on Monday.
Nevertheless, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the police declared the political exercise as "generally peaceful."
CEBU CITY -- Three firearms, assorted ammunition and bundles of cash were seized Sunday afternoon from inside a black Starex van traced to Cordova Mayor Arleigh Sitoy and his father Adelino, who is running for town mayor.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two days before Monday's elections, voting had reportedly been finished in all but one of 20 municipalities in Maguindanao, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said.
MANILA -- The military leadership on Sunday directed thousands of its men who have been tapped by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for Monday's elections to follow whatever orders given to them during election body.
