Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama uses a megaphone to try to appease synchronized Sangguniang Kabataan and barangay polls registration applicants, who started getting rowdy and jeered at Commission on Elections personnel for the delay. (Sun.Star Cebu/Amper Campaña)
CEBU CITY -- Hundreds of early registrants were dismayed over the disorder at the local poll offices Sunday as they went through the registration process, which took seven hours to finish for some.
MANILA -- Protests greeted a controversial anti-terrorism law that came into force in the country Sunday amid fears it could be used to quell popular dissent against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's government.
MANILA -- National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales threatened Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) with a full-scale offensive if it won't surrender forces involved in the attack on government troops in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Pampanga Vice Governor Joseller Guiao said Governor Eddie Panlilio's request for a blanket authority to enter into agreements, contracts, and deeds goes against the principle of check and balance.
