A man points to the shrapnel wounds of Nasser Asarul, one of the blast victims. Canvassing of certificates of canvass from Sumisip was further transferred to Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province following the Monday explosion.(Contributed photo)
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Updated 3:20 p.m.) – Three persons were injured when unidentified men bombed a school in Lamitan town where the canvassing of votes was ongoing Monday night.
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) Police Director Joel Goltiao said politics could be the most likely motive of the attack.
CEBU CITY -- Anyone who blocks the transfer of Bogo town's ballot boxes to the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Central Visayas or prevents the resumption of canvassing will be arrested, Regional Director Ray Rene Buac warned Monday.
MANILA -- Reelected Mayor Philip Velasco of Bacarra town in Ilocos Norte and Councilor Marcelo Andaya were shot and killed by an assassin during a town festival celebration on Sunday night.
MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) failed to remove an estimated 300,000 double and multiple registrants in the voters' list in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) when it implemented a purge of the roster for the mid-term elections last week.
