Former DepEd Director proclaims winner in Surigao Norte gubernatorial race

The Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) here finally proclaimed former education Caraga regional director Sol Matugas at past 11pm, Saturday(May 15). Matugas, a Lakas-Kampi-CMD candidate, got 111,225 votes against her rival, incumbent gov. Robert Ace Barbers of Nacionalist…

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Ecleo wins as congressman of Dinagat island

THE influential Ecleo political clan of Dinagat Island in the Caraga Region dominated the local elections there, according to the official tally of votes released by the Commission on Elections. Cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., who is facing a parricide case in Cebu City for al…

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19 of 20 Lakas mayoral bets in Surigao take lead

Nineteen of 20 Surigao del Norte Lakas-KAMPI-Padajon Surigao mayoral candidates in twenty municipalities have beaten their Nacionalista Party-Abante Surigao rivals in the Commission on Elections’ final unofficial tally as of 8 p.m. May 11. Surigao City Lakas Mayoralty bet En…

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Comelec, PNP to enforce liquor ban in Surigao Norte

The local COMELEC here will start enforcing a liquor ban effective Sunday (May 9) in time for the first-ever automated election on Monday, May 10. The COMELEC imposed the liquor ban in Resolution no. 8730 promulgated last December 23, 2009. Also, the local police here led by …

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CFCs for Surigao Norte arrive

Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Geraldine Samson confirmed today that the reformatted compact flash cards arrived here yesterday evening at around 11 p.m. Samson said that the delivered flash cards were already distributed to the mainland municipalities of this provinc…

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PCOS machines for Dinagat Islands received, CFCs to follow

13 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines and its battery packs for the May polls in Loreto, Dinagat Islands have arrived last May 5, Election Officer Helen Daytoc of Loreto said. Reports revealed that around 21 PCOS machines were also delivered to the municipality of …

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Surigao del Norte solon, Caraga Comelec chief deny NPA allegations on election fraud plan in Siargao

Following an impending threat to teachers in Siargao Island because of the spread of leaflets by group of NPAs led by Ka Jojo of Pulang Diwata Command imputing that BEIs, Cong. Francisco Matugas and COMELEC Regional Director Francisco Pobe are in cahoots of the upcoming elec…

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Surigao Norte PNP all set for 2010 May polls

With three more days before the election, security preparations for the first-ever poll automation are now in full gear in this province. PNP Provincial Director PS/Supt. Gilbert dC Cruz said that at least 200 police personnel were augmented from the PNP regional office to b…

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Surigao Norte, ARMM, other provinces to receive flash cards on Election Day itself

Problems in the country's first ever nationwide automated elections continued to mount Thursday as officials confirmed that clustered precincts in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and other provinces may only get compact flash cards for automated voting machines…

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AFP, PNP tighten security measures for arrival of PCOS machines in Surigao Norte, other parts of Mindanao

The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Northern and Northeastern Mindanao (Regions 10 and 13) have tightened their security measures for the arrival next week of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines for the May 10, 2010 …

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Comelec issues resolution on fate of Dinagat provincial candidates in 2010 polls

Following the Supreme Court's decision declaring the creation of the Province of Dinagat Islands as unconstitutional thereby reverting said province to its previous status as part of the Province of Surigao del Norte, the Commission on Elections issued Resolution No. 87…

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Mga election posters, streamers at paraphernalia’s sa Surigao, pinagbabaklas

BINAKLAS na simula pa kahapon sa Surigao ang ilang mga election paraphernalia’s na hindi nakalagay sa designated poster areas. Pinangunahan ng ilang mga tauhan ng Commission on Elections ang pagtanggal. Umaabot pa sa dalawang sasakyan ang ginamit sa pagbabaklas. Ayon pa sa el…

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Mga lokal na kandidato sa Surigao, umarangkada na sa pangangampanya

UMARANGKADA na sa pangangampanya ang mga local na kandidato sa Surigao. Ang mga kaalyado ng partido Nacionalista ay sinimulan ang pangangampanya sa pamamagitan ng isang misa na isinagawa sa City Cathedral, sinundan ng hand shaking activity sa iba’t-ibang mga ahensiya ng gob…

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Mga opisyal ng Comelec Surigao Del Norte, inaming may iilang double registrants

INAMIN ng Surigao del Norte Election Officer Atty. Geraldine Samson na may iilang mga Double Registrants sa probinsiya ngunit hindi nito matukoy kung ilan ang bilang dahil diumano’y hanggang sa mga oras na ito patuloy pang pinapadala sa kanila ang kopya ng mga pangalan na d…

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Comelec asked to check voters' list in Surigao del Norte

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) was asked to double-check its registered voters list to ensure that these individuals do not cast their ballots twice. This was the public request made by a congressional candidate running for the second district of Surigao del Norte af…

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Tagana-an mayor wants town placed under Comelec control

Alarmed by the killing of local officials in his town, Tagana-An Mayor Cezar Diaz has asked that his Surigao del Norte municipality be placed under the control of the Commission on Elections. In an interview with GMANews.TV, Diaz said he had requested the Comelec, the Philip…

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Number of registered voters in Caraga Region jump 11.29% to 1.38M

The number of registered voters for the 2010 elections in Caraga Region or Region 13 reached 1,378,132, up 11.29 percent from the 1,238,327 registered in 2007 local and national elections, latest records from the Joint Security Control Center (JSCC) show. The Joint Security…

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