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Ex-IBP head, 4 others face falsification raps VOL. 2, No. 299
By PAT SAMONTE
BUTUAN CITY – A former president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and four others are facing multiple complaints of falsification and use of falsified documents in the city prosecutor’s offices of
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Paidumama, acting Polomolok municipal election officer, said Wednesday all election materials and paraphernalia that were assigned for the town have remained intact and were never accessed by any candidate or political camp. “We’ve been regularly checking them and so far, they’re ballots | page 11
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Vote-buying doesn’t have to be cash, warns watchdog
Manila, Pasig and Butuan. Docketed under Cases No. XV-07-INV 13E-03124, XV-14-INV-13D-01479 and XIII-01-INV-13D-00447, the complaints were reportedly filed last month against ex-IBP president Roan Libarios and four other
All ballots accounted for, says Polomolok Comelec GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in nearby Polomolok town in South Cotabato has belied reports that a local political camp has allegedly obtained copies of official ballots allotted for the area and even started filling them up for use in the May 13 elections. Anwar
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By Allen V. Estabillo
Former IBP president Libarios speaks of his programs and projects as candidate for representative of Agusan del Norte’s 1st congressional district during a recent forum at the Fr. Saturnino Urios University Gymnasium in Butuan City. Photo by Pat Samonte
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews )– With less t ha n a week lef t before the May 13 polls, election watchdog Kont r a Day a urged residents here and in the neighboring areas to be
more vigilant against possible attempts by candidates and political camps to buy their votes in cash or in other forms. Pastor Anthony Huevos, Kontra Daya co-convenor, said reports of rampant votewarns | page 11
One killed, 1 wounded in series of pre-poll violence in Maguindanao COTABATO CITY (MindaNews ) – A grenade exploded in front of the house of the mayor of Shariff Aguak, grenade launchers were fired towards the town hall of Datu Unsay and a head teacher who will serve
as municipal board of canvasser was shot to death in Sultan Mastura, all in Maguindanao province, just five days before election day. Around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, during brownout, a hand grenade exploded in front of
the house of Mayor Sahara Ampatuan in Shariff Aguak. Sahara is wife of detained Anwar Ampatuan, who was one of the primary suspects in the Maguindanao Massacre. Her house is located near the national highway
and a few meters from the local terminal and market. Wounded in the blast is Gardo Tamondok, 18, son of the mayor’s driver. He sustained shrapnel wounds in the different violence | page 11
Villar Foundation turns over P1m for Iligan City Sendong memorial ILIGAN City––The city government of Iligan has expressed gratitude to the Villar Foundation for the release of the cheque worth P1 million to put up the memorial for the victims of Typhoon Sendong in Iligan City, which was ravaged by the storm on December 17, 2011, when some 150,000 people were affected and destroyed agricultural products and properties worth P1.3-billion. Vice Mayor Henry C. Dy received the P1 million cheque from Villar Foundation representative Michael Regino, who turned over the cheque, in behalf of senatorial candidate Cynthia Villar, managing director of the said foundation, to the City Government of Iligan, through Vice Mayor Dy, yesterday, May 8, 2013, at the latter’s office. Last December, former Las Pinas representative Villar graced the ground-breaking ceremony of a memorial that will be built to honor the memory of those who villar | page 8
Iligan City Vice Mayor Henry C. Dy receives a cheque worth P1 million from Michael Regino (right) and Frederick Cerro (not in photo), who represented LP senatorial candidate Cynthia Villar, managing director of Villar Foundation, for the establishment of a memorial for the victims of Typhoon Sendong in Iligan City. The same memorial has been put up in Cagayan de Oro City last October. Photo by Shaun Alejandre Uy
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