An election official applies an indelible ink on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's finger as proof that she has voted Monday at a polling precinct at Lubao Elementary School, Lubao tonwship, Pampanga province north of Manila for the country's Barangay (Village) Elections.(AP photo)
MANILA (Updated 2:30 p.m.) – Minutes before polling precincts close, the Commissions on Elections reported no major violence or disruption while police authorities described Monday’s synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections as “uneventful”.
CEBU CITY – Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) candidates who filled up the wrong certificate of candidacy (COC) got saved by a last-minute instruction from Commission on Elections (Comelec) Acting Chairman Resurreccion Borra.
MANILA -- Deposed president Joseph Estrada will not accept a government position should he be offered one, and will instead devote his time as a free man to the care of his ailing 102-year-old mother.
DAVAO CITY – Ninety percent of Mindanao went without power from 1:04 p.m. till early evening Sunday, leaving millions without electricity until dinnertime, and all residents of Davao without water till late at night, as well.
